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Eric
proper noun
(
given name, male
)
Translations:
Dutch: Erik
French: í‰ric
German: Erich
Italian: Erico
(
trans-mid
)
Spanish: Erico
Etymology:
From
Eirikr
,
ei
"always" or
einn
"alone" +
rikr
"ruler".Entered Britain via Scandinavian settlers before the Norman Conquest.
eric
noun
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
of "nine cows, and nine-score pence of money besides".
Etymology:
From
eiric
.
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