It is pronounced as either a voiceless dental fricative or its voiced counterpart. The only language in which þ is currently in use is Icelandic. It is similar in appearance to the archaic Greek letter sho (ϸ), although the two are historically unrelated. The letter originated from the rune ᚦ in the Elder Fuþark and was called thorn in the Anglo-Saxon and thorn or thurs in the Scandinavian rune poems.
It was also used in medieval Scandinavia, but was later replaced with the digraph th, except in Iceland, where it survives. Thorn or þorn ( Þ, þ) is a letter in the Old English, Old Norse, Old Swedish and modern Icelandic alphabets, as well as modern transliterations of the Gothic alphabet, Middle Scots, and some dialects of Middle English. For the distinction between, / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
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