Írar
nafnorðkarlkyn
m. pl. Irishmen; Írland, n. Ireland; Íra-konungr, m. the king of the Irish; Írskr, adj. Irish; Írska, u, f. the Irish tongue, Ld. 72, Fs. 78, Bs. i. 227, the Sagas passim.
II. Írland it mikla, Great Ireland, was the name of Southern America, just as Eastern Russia was called Great Sweden.