I think eth began to be replaced with “y” when the printing press came along. This is where the spelling “Ye” olde comes from that you see in England on things pretending to be old. Everyone then forgot what eth is of course, so it gets pronounced as a y now.
You are distinguishing eth and thorn and using them correctly? I am impressed; also a bit weirded out, but really impressed.
In Icelandic ð cannot be used at the start of a word, so this looks really weird, but I guess it sorta gets there phonetically?
Didn’t know that. I think it was fine in Old English.
Yeah, phonetically they are different. I think they are using them correctly.
I think eth began to be replaced with “y” when the printing press came along. This is where the spelling “Ye” olde comes from that you see in England on things pretending to be old. Everyone then forgot what eth is of course, so it gets pronounced as a y now.
it’s Thorn (Þ), that was replaced by Y, because they’re vaguely similar shapes. Eth (Ð) isn’t even remotely the same shape.
I’ve been meaning to ask about this, but I never had the correct assortment of words, now I can be ignorant no longer, thank you