Thorn or Þorn is a lettre that can be uised in a wheen o Germanic leids, wi auld leids bein Auld Inglis, Auld Swadish, Auld Norse, an Airly Scots. The lettre is uised in the modren Icelandic leid forby,[1] wi a affspring in Gothic an uised a wee bit in Middle Scots an dialecks o Middle Inglis.

Thorn is uised fur dental fricatives in auld forms o the Scots leid. Houanivir, in Auld Inglis, the antecessor o Scots, it is uised fur tha voiced dental fricative, acause eth wis uised fur the voiceless dental fricative.

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  1. "Icelandic language, alphabet and pronunciation". Omniglot. Retrieved 5 August 2023.