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feilan

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Icelandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse feilan, from Old Irish fáelán (literally wolfling), diminutive of fáel (wolf). See Old Irish Fáelán.

Noun

feilan m

  1. (used as a byname) wolfling; little wolf

Usage notes

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

  1. (used as a byname) wolfling; little wolf

Usage notes

Declension

  • Indeclinable; used only in the indefinite singular.

Descendants

  • Icelandic: feilan (as a byname), Feilan (as a given name)

Volapük

Etymology

From feil (tilth) + -an (someone who is or does something).

Noun

feilan

  1. farmer
    • 1940, “Pro yunanef Nedänik”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 38:
      Feilan labom jevodis, bubis, jipis e svinis.
      The farmer has horses, cattle, sheep and pigs.
  2. peasant

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