Thorn (letter)

Letter of Old English and some Scandinavian languages ÞÞ þUsageWriting systemAdapted from Futhark and Futhorc into Latin scriptTypeAlphabetic and logographicLanguage of originOld English languageOld Norse languageSound values[θ][ð][θ̠][ð̠][tʰ][z]/θɔːrn/In UnicodeU+00DE, U+00FEHistoryDevelopmentᚦÞ þTime period~800 to presentDescendantsꝤ ꝥ, Ꝧ ꝧ, ꟒ ꟓSistersNoneTransliterationsΘ, thOtherAssociated graphsth, dhWriting directionLeft-to-rightThis article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. Þ (minuscule: þ), called thorn or þorn (/θɔːrn/ thorn), is a Latin-script letter used in the Old English, Old Norse, Old Swedish and modern Icelandic alphabets, as well as modern transliterations of the Gothic alphabet, Middle Scots, and some dialects of Middle English. It was also used in medieval Scandinavia but was later replaced with the digraph th, except in Iceland, where it survives. The letter originated from the rune ᚦ (Thurisaz) in the Elder Futhark and was cal