Comment Comment by dahart This says it really was thorn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_olde#HistoryÐ/ð (eth) certainly is the voiced th in Old English and modern Icelandic. I’m not sure why thorn was being used for ‘the’. parent dahart 2 years ago
Ð/ð (eth) certainly is the voiced th in Old English and modern Icelandic. I’m not sure why thorn was being used for ‘the’.