Talk:Renard

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word origin of renard and reynard?[edit]

Wikipedia's fox article says "Male foxes are known as dogs, tods, vixes (plural of vix), or reynards,"
Wikifur's Reynard article says

   
Talk:Renard
The French word for fox, renard, is derived from the stories of Reynard. Originally, the French word for fox was "goupil."
   
Talk:Renard
I'm hoping there is one or more sources on (1) when the French first used renard a word (2) and when reynard was first used as a word for male fox. --EarthFurst 22:55, 1 February 2007 (UTC)