see|Eth
English
Etymology
The sound IPAchar|/�/ followed by the sound of the letter, by analogy with other letter names, such as those of f, l, and m.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�ð/, SAMPA|/ED/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�θ|-�θ
Alternative spellings
edh
Noun
en-noun
- A letter (capital �, small ð) introduced into Old English to represent its dental fricative, then not distinguished from the letter thorn, no longer used in English but in still in modern use in Icelandic, Faroese, and phonetics to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then.
Translations
Faroese: edd
Icelandic: eð
See also
thorn, þorn, þ
wynn, wen, Æ¿
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