Þ (capital Þ, lower-case þ) or Thorn or Þorn is a letter in the Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic alphabets. It was also used in medieval Scandinavia, but was later replaced with th. The letter originated from the rune ᚦ, called "thorn" in Anglo-Saxon and Thurs ("giant") in Scandinavia. Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... An alphabet is a complete standardized set of letters—basic written symbols—each of which roughly represents a phoneme of a spoken language, either as it exists now or as it may have been in the past. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Scandinavia, Fennoscandia, and the Kola Peninsula. ... Technical note: Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... The Anglo-Saxons refers collectively to the groups of Germanic tribes who achieved dominance in southern Britain from the mid-5th century, forming the basis for the modern English nation. ... In Norse mythology, Jotuns, Jötunn or Jotnar of Utgard, Jötunnheim were the race of Gods called giants (thurs), separated into categories such as frost giants (rime giants, hrimthurs), fire giants, sea giants and storm giants. ...

It has the sound of either a voiceless interdental fricative, like th (such as in the English word "thick") or the voiced form (such as in English "the"), though in Icelandic the usage is restricted to the former, and the voiced form is represented in the letter ð. The voiceless dental fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The voiced dental fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ... For an overview of letters that look similar to Ð see Ð (disambiguation) Ð (capital Ð, lower-case ð) (or eth, eð or edh, Faroese: edd) is a letter used in Old English (Anglo-Saxon) and present-day Icelandic and Faroese. ...

Þorn in English

Þ was used in writing Middle English before the invention of the printing press. William Caxton, the first printer in England, brought with him type made in Continental Europe, which lacked thorn, yogh, and eth. He substituted the letter Y in place of thorn. This was not an arbitrary choice of Caxton's: in some manuscripts of the earlier 1400s (such as The Boke of Margery Kempe) the letters Y and thorn were identical. The is spelled Y-E throughout the King James Bible. In fact Y for thorn is still seen on gravestones and in the stock prefix Ye Olde. The latter is often used for quaint store signs, such as "Ye Olde Candies Shoppe" and in the name of theme pubs to indicate things of mediaeval extraction or things which are English, both indicating, perhaps, a Deep England, half-timbered feel. The construction Ye Olde English Pubbe is the usual example, a standard bar name akin to The Red Lion. Middle English is the name given by historical philologists to the diverse forms of the English language spoken in England from around the 12th to the 15th centuries— from after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror in 1066 to the mid to late 15th century, when the Chancery Standard... The printing press is a mechanical device for printing many copies of a text on rectangular sheets of paper. ... William Caxton (c. ... Continental Europe is the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding the European islands and peninsulae. ... Yogh (Ȝ ȝ) is a letter used in Middle English and Middle Scots, representing y (IPA /j/) and various velar phonemes. ... Ð (capital Ð, lower-case ð) (or eth, eð or edh, Faroese: edd) is a letter used in Old English (Anglo-Saxon) and present-day Icelandic and Faroese. ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1350s 1360s 1370s 1380s 1390s - 1400s - 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s 1450s Years: 1400 1401 1402 1403 1404 1405 1406 1407 1408 1409 Events and Trends Categories: 1400s ... The King James Version (KJV) is an English translation of the Holy Bible, commissioned for the benefit of the Church of England at the behest of King James I of England. ... Headstones in the Japanese Cemetry in Broome, Western Australia A cemetery in rural Spain A typical late 20th century headstone in the United States A headstone, tombstone or gravestone is a marker, normally carved from stone, placed over or next to the site of a burial. ... A stock phrase is a spoken phrase which has little or no actual meaning of its own; it carries meaning only through custom or context. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... The term Merry England, or in more jocular, half-timbered spelling Merrie England, refers to a semi-mythological, idyllic, and pastoral way of life that the lucky inhabitants of England allegedly enjoyed at some poorly-defined point between the Middle Ages and the completion of the Industrial Revolution. ... Timber framing is the modern term for the traditional half-timbered construction in which timber provides a visible skeletal frame that supports the whole building. ... Categories: Stub ... The Red Lion is widely regarded as the most common name for a English pub. ...

In recent years, particuarly on the internet, it has been used to make emoticons with tongues sticking out: :-Þ An emoticon, also called a smilie, is a sequence of printable characters such as :), ^-^/, or :-) or a small image that is intended to represent a human facial expression and convey an emotion. ...

The definitive article spelled with thorn is often jocularly or mistakenly pronounced "yee" or mistaken for the genitive case of you. You is the second person plural pronoun in English. ...

While very rare, it is used infrequently in some modern English word games to replace the "th" with a single letter.

External Links

• Michael Everson's essay On the status of the Latin letter þorn and of its sorting order (http://www.evertype.com/standards/wynnyogh/thorn.html)
• Ye Olde English Sayings (http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/sayings.htm)
• Ye Olde England Inn, a mock-Tudor hotel complete with references to Dickens and warm beer. (http://www.englandinn.com/)
• Thorn and eth: how to get them right (http://briem.ismennt.is)

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