Ꝥ (
minuscule: ꝥ), or
Þ (thorn) with stroke was a
scribal abbreviation common in the
Middle Ages. It was used for
Old English: þæt (Modern English "
that"), as well as
Old Norse: þor-, the -þan/-ðan in síðan,
[1] þat, þæt, and þess. In Old English texts, the stroke tended to be more slanted, while in Old Norse texts it was straight. In Middle English times, the ascender of the þ was reduced (making it similar to the Old English letter
Wynn, ƿ), which caused the thorn with stroke abbreviation (
) to be replaced with a thorn with a small t above the letter (
).
Unicode encodes Ꝥ as U+A764 Ꝥ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER THORN WITH STROKE, and ꝥ at U+A765 ꝥ LATIN SMALL LETTER THORN WITH STROKE.
A thorn with a stroke on the descender also exists, used historically as an abbreviation for the word "through". [2] The codepoints are U+A766 Ꝧ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER THORN WITH STROKE THROUGH DESCENDER, and U+A767 ꝧ LATIN SMALL LETTER THORN WITH STROKE THROUGH DESCENDER.
Ꝥ (
minuscule: ꝥ), or
Þ (thorn) with stroke was a
scribal abbreviation common in the
Middle Ages. It was used for
Old English: þæt (Modern English "
that"), as well as
Old Norse: þor-, the -þan/-ðan in síðan,
[1] þat, þæt, and þess. In Old English texts, the stroke tended to be more slanted, while in Old Norse texts it was straight. In Middle English times, the ascender of the þ was reduced (making it similar to the Old English letter
Wynn, ƿ), which caused the thorn with stroke abbreviation (
) to be replaced with a thorn with a small t above the letter (
).
Unicode encodes Ꝥ as U+A764 Ꝥ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER THORN WITH STROKE, and ꝥ at U+A765 ꝥ LATIN SMALL LETTER THORN WITH STROKE.
A thorn with a stroke on the descender also exists, used historically as an abbreviation for the word "through". [2] The codepoints are U+A766 Ꝧ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER THORN WITH STROKE THROUGH DESCENDER, and U+A767 ꝧ LATIN SMALL LETTER THORN WITH STROKE THROUGH DESCENDER.