See eric on Wiktionary
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],
"etymology_text": "From Irish éiric.",
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"form": "erics",
"tags": [
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},
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"ref": "1948 (revised 1952), Robert Graves, The White Goddess, Faber & Faber 1999, p. 18",
"text": "The court-poets of Wales […] could demand an eric of ‘nine cows, and nine-score pence of money besides’."
}
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"A fine paid as compensation for violent crimes."
],
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"(historical) A fine paid as compensation for violent crimes."
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