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(thing) by /dev/joe (4.2 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Fri May 12 2000 at 13:27:35

The name of an Anglo-Saxon letter that appears in some Old English words. Eventually replaced with the letters "th" in most words.

Capital = Ð
Lower Case = ð
HTML character entity = Ð or ð

Also spelled edh.

(thing) by Tlachtga (16.4 hr) (print) ? (I like it!) Sat Jun 02 2001 at 2:36:49

BTW--eth is pronounced "th" as in "leather"--it is a voiced interdental fricative

(thing) by dr.api (4.2 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Wed Apr 30 2003 at 21:27:48

One of the special characters in the Icelandic Alphabet. A common letter in icelandic words but never used in the beginning of a word. Usually icelandic alphabet-teaching-aids for children use the word "Bað" (icelandic for bath) as an example word. Pronounced like "th" in then, tho and those.

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Edh	ð	Thorn	Icelandic Alphabet
Anglo-Saxon	Middle English	Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem	HOT DAMN 3! nodestock
Gullfoss	HTML symbol reference	Anglo-Saxon names	Icelandic
Green Eggs & Hamlet	dark mistress	niddering	heat engine
laser	Ash	fricative	Ice cream cone
Early Modern English	self-extracting executable	George Washington's 1790 State of the Union Address	big

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