Þ

This article treats the letter Thorn. Other meanings of this name become under Thorn (term clarifying) described.
Þ, þ

Þ and/or. þ (Thorn) a letter is in and alphabet. The letter developed from the of the same name Rune .

þ stands for the interdentalen Frikativ, as the today's English th. After the modern convention that becomes þ usually only for that be correctless dentalen Frikativ [? ] uses. In the old English however that became be correctful dentale Frikativ [ ð ] of the be correctless did not differentiate.

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Representation on the computer

University code

In the design set Þ position takes the 0xde and þ the 0xfe. In the international indication coding system the large Thorn position U+00DE takes, the small Thorn lies on U+00FE.

HTML

In HTML the Thorn can be represented also by Entitaeten - the large Thorn by Þ and the small Thorn through þ.

LaTeX

With that Cork coding the Thorn can in by \TH (capital letter) and \th (small letter) to be represented.

See also: Ð, Yogh, ?, ?, Wynn

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