Modern English → Old English
Old English word for fox
3 headwords match “fox”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 3 strongest follow; fox ranks first.
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fox — fox
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fox genitive singular foxes dative singular foxe accusative singular fox nominative plural foxas genitive plural foxa -
fox — fox: of or relating to foxes
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine fyxen strong nominative singular feminine fyxenu, fyxnu, fyxeno, fyxno strong nominative singular neuter fyxen strong accusative singular masculine fyxenne strong accusative singular feminine fyxene, fyxne strong accusative singular neuter fyxen -
fox — vixen (female fox)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fyxe genitive singular fyxan dative singular fyxan accusative singular fyxan nominative plural fyxan genitive plural fyxena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “fox” gets the points below; the candidates are then sorted by total. The score is shown on each entry above so the order can be checked rather than trusted.
| The English word opens the headword's definition | +10 |
| It appears later in the first definition | +6 |
| It appears in any definition | +3 |
| It is in the headword's links | +2 |
| It is listed as an English descendant (etymological evidence) | +9 |
| The headword has an inflection table | +3 |
| Part of speech is a proper noun | −5 |
| Part of speech is a verb (-ian derivations are noisy) | −3 |
| The headword is an alternative form | −6 |
| The first definition is longer than three words | −2 |
A candidate has to be a real headword with its own entry: inflected forms and grammatical terminology (genitive, nominative, preterite, …) never appear here.
Not one of these?
The match may be a different sense of “fox”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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