Comment on Why are people using the "þ" character?
Zier@fedia.io 5 days ago
You will be shocked to learn that "þ" is actually a letter used in modern Icelandic. It's not just an old letter.
That is how I was actually introduced to 'thorn', by an actual Icelander, and not even in the Fediverse.
Havatra@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
Yupp! I probably should’ve specified that I’ve seen the use in English, but it is indeed still in use in Icelandic! It stems from Old Norse, as a rune, iirc. Icelandic is the closest we have to Old Norse in today’s used languages.