feilan
Icelandic edit
Alternative forms edit
- Feilan (as a given name)
Etymology edit
From Old Norse feilan, from Old Irish fáelán (literally “wolfling”), diminutive of fáel (“wolf”). See Old Irish Fáelán.
Noun edit
feilan 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 edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish fáelán (literally “wolfling”), diminutive of fáel (“wolf”). See Old Irish Fáelán.
Noun edit
feilan 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 edit
declension of feilan
Descendants edit
Volapük edit
Etymology edit
From feil (“tilth”) + -an (“someone who is or does something”).
Noun edit
feilan