eric
nouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈɛɹɪk//
A fine paid as compensation for violent crimes.
noun
- 1
historicalA fine paid as compensation for violent crimes.
The court-poets of Wales […] could demand an eric of ‘nine cows, and nine-score pence of money besides’.
Etymology
From Irish éiric.
Forms
- plural
- erics
Ere · A language spoken on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.erect · Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.erection · The act of building or putting up or together of something.
eric · A fine paid as compensation for violent crimes.
Eric · A male given name from the Germanic languages.erica · Any of many heathers, of the genus Erica, used as garden…Erica · A female given name from the Germanic languages or Old Norse.