"eric" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Irish éiric.",
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      "form": "erics",
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  "pos": "noun",
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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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        "historical"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛɹɪk"
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      "homophone": "Eric"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Irish éiric.",
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      "form": "erics",
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    },
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          "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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      "homophone": "Eric"
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