fyxe
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *fuhsini, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsinī.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fyxe f
- vixen (female fox)
- 847, Æthelwulf, Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici[1], published 1840:
- Ærest on merce Cumb ðonne on grenan pytt ðonne on ðone torr æt mercecumbes æwielme ðonne on ðene waldes stan ðonne on ðone dic ðær esne ðone weg fordealf ðonon of dune on ðæs wælles heafod ðonne ðær of dune on broc oð tiddesford ðonne up on broc oð heottes dic to ðære flodan from ðære flodan of dūne ðær fyxan dic to broce gæð ⁊ ðonne of dune on broc oð sǣ.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fyxe (weak)
Descendants
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- ang:Female animals
- ang:Foxes