Iver

The name Bon Iver came from the French words for "good winter" bon hiver , a season Mr. Vernon likes.

A Little Whiskey and Some Friends Jen Wieczner 2012

At a packed Tower Theater, on the outskirts of Philadelphia, the Wisconsin singer-songwriter, who performs under the name Bon Iver, reimagined his solitary odes to heartbreak as fully orchestrated pop anthems.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

Between Justin Vernon's nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist, at least three people are going to have to read the name "Bon Iver" aloud.

CNN.com 2012

The blood swept to M'Iver's face, and his eye quailed.

John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro

He could scarcely be expected to understand the conceits of M'Iver's tale about his lameness, that any one with eyes could behold had no existence.

John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro

At that M'Iver's countenance changed: he threw off his soft complacence, and cruelty and temper stiffened his jaw.

John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro

M'Iver's; now that he's severed by his own act from the clan, I'm ready to take his place and chastise you for your insolence.

John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro

M'Iver's encounter with Mac-Lachlan, whom, it appeared, he had found laying a gallant's siege to the upper window of Askaig's house, whose almost unharmed condition had made it a convenient temporary shelter for such as had returned to the town.

John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro

Still at times, by day and night -- ay! in the very midmost watches of the stars-I walked, in my musing, as I thought, upon the causeyed street, where perhaps I had been sooner in the actual fact if M'Iver's departure had not been delayed.

John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro

M'Iver's voice had a sneer in every word of it when he answered in a very affected tongue of English he was used to assume when he wished to be at his best before a Saxon.

John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro