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minus-squareHomerianSymphony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoOld 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.)
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.)