eric

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Irish eiric.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈɛɹɪk/

Noun [edit]

eric (plural erics)

  1. A fine paid as compensation for violent crimes.
    • 1948 (revised 1952), Robert Graves, The White Goddess, Faber & Faber 1999, p. 18:
      The court-poets of Wales [...] could demand an eric of ‘nine cows, and nine-score pence of money besides’.

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References [edit]

  • OED 2nd edition 1989

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