eric
noun/ˈɛɹɪk/
Etymology From Irish éiric.
1
Historical A 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’.1948 (revised 1952), Robert Graves, The White Goddess, Faber & Faber 1999, p. 18