Eth

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For other uses, see Eth (disambiguation).

For the Croatian, Serbian and Vietnamese letter that looks similar to Ð see D with stroke

Eth (Ð, ð), also spelled edh or eð, is a letter used in Old English (Anglo-Saxon) and present-day Icelandic, and in Faroese language which call the letter edd. It was also used in medieval Scandinavia, but was later replaced with dh. The letter had its origin as a d with a cross-stroke added. The lowercase version has retained the curved shape of a medieval scribe's d, which d itself has not.

In Icelandic, ð represents a voiced dental fricative, as in th in English "them". (As a point of curiosity, however, the name of the letter is pronounced eþ, i.e., voiceless, unless followed by a vowel.) In Faroese, ð is never pronounced, except ð before r as [g] in a few words. In the Icelandic and Faroese alphabets, ð follows d. In Anglo-Saxon, ð may represent the same sound as in Icelandic, or the voiceless th of "thread", both of which were also represented by þ (thorn). In Middle English, ð was no longer used; the Normans did not like characters in English which did not exist in the Latin alphabet. Ð and þ were replaced with th.

Lower-case eth is used as a symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet, again for a voiced dental fricative, and in IPA usage, the name of the symbol is pronounced with the same voiced sound, as [ɛð]. In HTML, Ð is rendered as Ð, and ð, ð.

Latin alphabet	Aa \| Bb \| Cc \| Dd \| Ee \| Ff \| Gg \| Hh \| Ii \| Jj \| Kk \| Ll \| Mm \| Nn \| Oo \| Pp \| Qq \| Rr \| Ss \| Tt \| Uu \| Vv \| Ww \| Xx \| Yy \| Zz
Modified characters	Àà \| Áá \| Ââ \| Ää \| Ãã \| Āā \| Ąą \| Ăă \| Çç \| Ĉĉ \| Čč \| Ćć \| Ðđ \| Ďď \| Èè \| Éé \| Êê \| Ëë \| Ęę \| Ēē \| Ĕĕ \| Ėė \| Ěě \| Ƒƒ \| Ĝĝ \| Ğğ \| Ġġ \| Ģģ \| Ǧǧ \| Ĥĥ \| Ħħ \| Ìì \| Íí \| Îî \| Ïï \| Įį \| İı \| Ĩĩ \| Īī \| Ĭĭ \| Ĵĵ \| Ķķ \| Ǩǩ \| Ĺĺ \| Ļļ \| Ľľ \| Ŀŀ \| Łł \| Ññ \| Ńń \| Ņņ \| Ňň \| Òò \| Óó \| Ôô \| Öö \| Õõ \| Őő \| Ǫǫ \| Ōō \| Ŏŏ \| Ơơ \| Ŕŕ \| Ŗŗ \| Řř \| Śś \| Ŝŝ \| Şş \| Șș \| Šš \| Țț \| Ťť \| Ŧŧ \| Ţţ \| Țț \| Ùù \| Úú \| Ûû \| Üü \| Ũũ \| Ūū \| Ŭŭ \| Ųų \| Ůů \| Űű \| Ưư \| Ŵŵ \| Ýý \| Ŷŷ \| Ÿÿ \| Źź \| Žž \| Żż
Alphabet extensions	Ǎǎ \| Ȁȁ \| Ȃȃ \| Ææ \| Ǽǽ \| Ǣǣ \| Åå \| Ċċ \| Ðð \| Ǳǳ \| Ǆǆ \| Ɛɛ \| Ʒʒ \| Ǯǯ \| Ȅȅ \| Ȇȇ \| Əə \| Ȝȝ \| Ǥǥ \| Ǧǧ \| Ƣƣ \| Ƕƕ \| Ĳĳ \| Ǐǐ \| Ȉȉ \| Ȋȋ \| Ǩǩ \| ĸ \| Ǉǉ \| LLll \| ĿLŀl \| Ǌǌ \| Ŋŋ \| Œœ \| Øø \| Ǿǿ \| Ǒǒ \| Ȍȍ \| Ȏȏ \| Ɔɔ \| Ȣȣ \|  \| Ȑȑ \| Ȓȓ \| ſ \| ß \| Ʃʃ \| Þþ \| Ǔǔ \| Ȕȕ \| Ȗȗ \| Ƿƿ \| Ƶƶ
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