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

1. (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

• 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

• 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

• 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