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Thorn
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Thorn ( Þ, þ, sometimes noted Þorn) is one which is used today only in the alphabet .

Synopsis

Linguistics

Þ is used to transcribe the sound of one deaf (like the "HT" of "English thick"). It was employed by, disappeared language, but always formed part of the alphabet .

The sound shape of this consonant (as in "English the") was also transcribed in the past by this letter, but this use is restricts with the letter Ð.

History

The letter Þ originates in the rune ?, called "thorn" in Anglo-Saxon and "thurs" () in Scandinavia.

Þ was used in before the invention of in Europe. William Caxton, the first printer of England, brought with him a character set coming from continental Europe from where missed Þ, ? and Ð. It substituted Y for Þ, while referring to certain manuscripts of XVE century when these two letters were traced in an identical way. In Scandinavia, Þ was used with the Middle Ages, but was replaced later by "HT". In Iceland, Þ is always employed at the present time.

Data-processing representation

The letter Þ has the representations following:

  • Capital Þ: U+00DE ;
  • Tiny þ: U+00FE ;
  • Rune? : U+16A6.

See too

  • Ð
  • ?
 

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