From the Old Norse name \xcdvarr, which was derived from the elements yr "yew, bow" and arr "warrior". During the Middle Ages it was brought to Britain by Scandinavian settlers and invaders, and it was adopted in Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
clann a bh\xed suite ag Leacan, Cill Ala. Bh\xed "O'Huer" ar na daoine sa Chl\xe1r sa 17 c\xe9ad ach t\xe1id go l\xe9ir aistrithe go Howard anois. Bh\xed Ivers le f\xe1il i Sasana ach fhr\xe9amhaigh siad go l\xe9ir \xf3n ainm Lochlannach Ivarr: i\xfar + arm, ar an n\xf3s Teotanach
Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before... He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.