Eth is also used in faroese and elfdalian, while thorn was used in many historical languages such as old english. One of the main topics of discussion on this subreddit has been whether or not the letter ð should be used alongside þ, whether as a simple typographic variant or to represent a different phoneme. Learn the icelandic alphabet including special letters like þ and ð Explore pronunciation rules to read and speak icelandic with confidence. Þ (lowercase, uppercase þ) a letter of the middle english alphabet, representing /θ/ or /ð/ It was gradually replaced by th.
In modern english we represent the sounds at the beginning of the word the and end of the word with with the digraph th (digraph is a term meaning two letters used to represent one sound). Thorn or þorn (þ, þ) is a letter in the old english, old norse, old swedish and modern icelandic alphabets, as well as modern transliterations of the gothic alphabet, middle scots, and some dialects of middle english. From now on, i shall use ðe letter ð and ð to symbolise the diagraph “th” in “there” (ðere), and i shall use þ when typing ðe “th” in “thing” (þing). Ð is softer and it sounds like the th sound in the or that, þ is a stronger th sound kind of like in the word thought or thing See a translation 4 likes
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