noun
- A letter of the Old English and Icelandic alphabets, representing a voiced dental fricative sound (like 'th' in 'this').
Usage: Also spelled 'eth'; Historical and linguistic term; Symbol: ð
Examples
- The letter edh appears frequently in Old English manuscripts.
- In Icelandic, edh is still used in modern writing.
- Linguists study edh to understand the phonetic history of English.
- The symbol ð represents edh in phonetic transcription.
- Medieval scribes wrote edh with a distinctive crossed d shape.