fyxe

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fuhsini, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsinī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfyk.se/

Noun

fyxe f

1. 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.

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Declension

Declension of fyxe (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fyxe	fyxan
accusative	fyxan	fyxan
genitive	fyxan	fyxena
dative	fyxan	fyxum

Descendants

• Middle English: fixen, ffixen
  • English: vixen