• Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin
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    3 months 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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      3 months 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).

      • @HomerianSymphony
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        23 months ago

        Old English was never consistent about the difference between thorn (þorn) and eth (eð), and they were used interchangeably in English writing.

        (Unlike Icelandic, where þ is consistently the unvoiced sound and ð is the voiced sound.)

          • @lath
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            103 months ago

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        • Jack Riddle
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          3 months ago

          Þink þis depends on dialect, because boþ sound correct to me.

          Edit: added more þorns