feilan
Icelandic
editAlternative forms
edit- Feilan (as a given name)
Etymology
editFrom Old Norse feilan, from Old Irish fáelán (literally “wolfling”), diminutive of fáel (“wolf”). See Old Irish Fáelán.
Noun
editfeilan m
Usage notes
edit- Known bearers include Ólafur feilan Þorsteinsson, one of the original settlers of Iceland at the turn of the 10th century.
Declension
editOld Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish fáelán (literally “wolfling”), diminutive of fáel (“wolf”). See Old Irish Fáelán.
Noun
editfeilan m
Usage notes
edit- Known bearers include Óláfr feilan Þorsteinsson, one of the original settlers of Iceland at the turn of the 10th century.
Declension
editdeclension of feilan
Descendants
editVolapük
editEtymology
editFrom feil (“tilth”) + -an (“someone who is or does something”).
Noun
editfeilan
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