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Edh (or eth) is a letter in the Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic alphabets. ð in lowercase and Ð in uppercase. |
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Edh is a letter, ð in lowercase and Ð in uppercase, used in Old English (Anglo-Saxon) and present-day Icelandic and Faeroese. The name is also spelt eth, or to be completely correct, eð. The letter had its origin as a d with a cross-stroke added. The lowercase version has retained the flowing shape of a Medieval scribe's d, which d itself has not. |
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In Icelandic it has the voiced th sound as in "them". In Anglo-Saxon it may represent this sound or the voiceless th sound as in "thin", both of which were also represented by thorn. |
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In Icelandic, ð represents a voiced dental fricative, as in th in English "them". In the Icelandic and Faeroese alphabets, ð follows d. In Anglo-Saxon, ð may represent the same sound as in Icelandic, or the voiceless th of "thread", both of which were also represented by thorn (þ). In [Middle English]?, ð was no longer used. |
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Lowercase edh is used in International Phonetic Alphabet. |
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Lowercase edh is used as a symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet, again for a voiced dental fricative. |
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In Icelandic, ð represents a voiced dental fricative, as in th in English "them". In the Icelandic and Faeroese alphabets, ð follows d. In Anglo-Saxon, ð may represent the same sound as in Icelandic, or the voiceless th of "thread", both of which were also represented by thorn (þ). In [Middle English]?, ð was no longer used.
Lowercase edh is used as a symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet, again for a voiced dental fricative.
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