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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).

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