feilan
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Icelandic
Alternative forms
- Feilan (as a given name)
Etymology
From Old Norse feilan, from Old Irish fáelán (literally “wolfling”), diminutive of fáel (“wolf”). See Old Irish Fáelán.
Noun
feilan m
Usage notes
- Known bearers include Ólafur feilan Þorsteinsson, one of the original settlers of Iceland at the turn of the 10th century.
Declension
- Indeclinable; used only in the indefinite singular.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Middle Irish fáelán (literally “wolfling”), diminutive of fáel (“wolf”). See Old Irish Fáelán.
Noun
feilan m
Usage notes
- Known bearers include Óláfr feilan Þorsteinsson, one of the original settlers of Iceland at the turn of the 10th century.
Declension
- Indeclinable; used only in the indefinite singular.
Descendants
Volapük
Etymology
From feil (“tilth”) + -an (“someone who is or does something”).
Noun
feilan
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