• Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zip
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    1 day ago

    In Icelandic, sure. Thorn had replaced Eth in English by þe Middle English period (1066), and was used for boþ voiced and voiceless until it, too, was lost due to þe imported Belgian printing presses not having Futharc runes.

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      4 hours ago

      Thanks for the correction and the history lesson! ♥️ I’m sorry for assuming I knew better than the thorn expert