See also: Írar, irar, and iRaR

Old Norse

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Irish Ériu (Ireland), from Primitive Irish *Īweriū, from Proto-Celtic *Φīweryū (Ireland), from Proto-Indo-European *piHweryon-, from *piHwer- (to swell).

Noun

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írar m pl

  1. Irishmen, the Irish

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: Íri
  • Faroese: íri
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ire
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ire
  • ? Old English: Īras

References

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  • Írar”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press