Answer: wytes

AnswerCrossword Clue
wytesresponsibility for a crime, fault, or misfortune; blame
wytes(in Anglo-Saxon law) a. fine imposed by a king or lord on a subject who committed a serious crime b. fee demanded for granting a special privilege
wytesWYTE, to write (to form characters on a surface with an instrument)
wytesto blame for; declare guilty of