• ÞlubbaÐubba@lemm.ee
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      3 days ago

      It’s ð letter which represents ð soft ‘th’ sound ð way þ represents ð hard version. Like B and P but if we had just accepted representing boþ wið an fh for some reason.

      • ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.social
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        You’ve got þat backwards… Þorne is þe unvoiced letter, as in þem or boþ, whereas eð is þe voiced, as in faðer.

        Source: A semester of Old West Norse language class (wherein þorne and eð are used in the same way as in English).