"fixen" meaning in Middle English

See fixen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: ffixen [alternative], fixene [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English *fyxen, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhsini, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsinī, akin to German Füchsin. Alternatively, from the Old English adjective fyxen (“of the fox”), as in the phrase fixen hȳd (“fox skin”; compare foxen fox). Equivalent to fox + -en (feminine suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|*fyxen}} Old English *fyxen, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*fuhsini}} Proto-West Germanic *fuhsini, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*fuhsinī}} Proto-Germanic *fuhsinī, {{cog|de|Füchsin}} German Füchsin, {{inh|enm|ang|-}} Old English, {{af|enm|fox|-en|id2=feminine|pos2=feminine suffix}} fox + -en (feminine suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} fixen
  1. a vixen (female fox)

Alternative forms

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