• ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃
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    8 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).

    • @HomerianSymphony
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      250 minutes 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.)

    • PhlubbaDubba
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      -88 hours ago

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

        • @lath
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          64 hours ago

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