Feilan

Icelandic

Alternative forms

feilan (as a byname)

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Feilan m

a male given name from Old Irish

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

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