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

(used as a byname) wolfling; little wolf.

Usage notes

Known bearers include Ólafur feilan Þorsteinsson, one of the original settlers of Iceland at the turn of the 10th century.

Declension

declension of feilan

	indefinite
m-s1	singular
nominative	feilan
accusative	feilan
dative	feilan
genitive	feilans

Old Norse

Etymology

From Middle Irish fáelán (literally “wolfling”), diminutive of fáel (“wolf”). See Old Irish Fáelán.

Noun

feilan m

(used as a byname) wolfling; little wolf.

Usage notes

Known bearers include Óláfr feilan Þorsteinsson, one of the original settlers of Iceland at the turn of the 10th century.

Declension

declension of feilan

	indefinite
m-s1	singular
nominative	feilan
accusative	feilan
dative	feilan
genitive	feilans

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

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.
peasant

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