• HomerianSymphony@lemmy.world
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    19 days 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.)