Thorn or þorn (Þ, þ) is a letter 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.

Below are codes for manuscript abbreviations amperagus (⁊) and slashed thorn (ꝥ), but you probably will need to download a comprehensive font to view them. Apple has provided additional keyboards which allow you to enter Old English characters via Unicode. You can switch to or the US/ABC Extended keyboard and use these additional accent codes.

Font Recommendations Icelandic Fonts Because thorn ( þ/Þ ) eth ( ð,Ð ) are used in modern Icelandic, many common fonts listed below already contain these characters.

Thorn and eth appear also in Icelandic and Old Norse. Can anyone give me a quick way to get these characters? At the moment I look them up on the web and cut-and-paste, but of course then the typeface varies noticeably! These keystrokes are …

The Unicode character Þ, or U+00DE, is known as the "Latin Capital Letter Thorn". It belongs to the "Latin-1 Supplement" block and falls under the "Letter, Uppercase" category in the Unicode standard.

Discover Thorn Symbol Þ character. Find its Unicode, HTML representation, and learn how to easily copy and paste it into your documents.

Thorn or þorn (Þ, þ) is a letter in the Old English, Gothic, Old Norse, Old Swedish, and modern Icelandic alphabets, as well as Middle Scots and some dialects of Middle English. It was also used in medieval Scandinavia, but was later replaced with the digraph th, …

Some fonts (typically icons) will not change when you change the font. (Method 1) Copy and paste the symbol. Click on the Þ symbol from the table above. Press the "Copy" button, and then paste the symbol into your document. (Method 2) Use the "Alt Code." The Alt Code for Þ …

The first is written like this: þ . It is called "thorn". ð and Ð (eth): Old English scribes could also represent the "th" sound with the letter ð (the capital letter version looks like a capital D with a short horizontal line cutting the vertical line at the left side of the letter in half: Ð).

May 6, 2024 · I'm working on a project with a few Icelandic words, and I've noticed that many modern fonts tend to use a similar Eth — ð and Thorn — þ. Specifically the ð often seems to conflict with the rest of the font's typography.