feilan
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
declension of feilan
Old Norse
Etymology
From Old 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
declension of feilan
Descendants
Volapük
Etymology
From feil (“tilth”) + -an (“someone who is or does something”).
Noun
feilan
Categories:
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Irish
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Old Norse terms derived from Old Irish
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse masculine nouns
- Volapük compound terms
- Volapük lemmas
- Volapük nouns