Etymology

Foxley

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Today it means: A hamlet in Yazor parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4146). Full definition →

Old English fox
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromfox
  2. English todayFoxley

From Old English fox + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishfox all →

foxFoxton

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.