• @Warl0k3
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    7 hours ago

    (I’m sorry but I’m dying to know, whats up with ‘ð’ ?)

    • @[email protected]
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      56 hours ago

      I think it’s a thorne, which used to stand for “th.”

      When printing was new they used to substitute Ys for them, hence Ye Old Shoppe.

    • PhlubbaDubba
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      6 hours ago

      It’s ð letter which represents ð soft ‘th’ sound ð way þ represents ð hard version. Like B and P but if we had just accepted representing boþ wið an fh for some reason.

      • ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃
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        6 hours ago

        You’ve got þat backwards… Þorne is þe unvoiced letter, as in þem or boþ, whereas eð is þe voiced, as in faðer.

        Source: A semester of Old West Norse language class (wherein þorne and eð are used in the same way as in English).

        • PhlubbaDubba
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          …I get what you’re saying but…“þem”? You pronounce ðat unvoiced?

            • @lath
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              42 hours ago

              At one of the many crossroads in your life where you have to decide whether to commit violence or maintain inner peace.