Thorn (þ) depends on the language using it. Unless you’re just going with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to spell however you like, then all bets are off.
AFAIK, Icelandic is the only language that uses Thorn now. However they only use it at the beginning of a word, and it’s specifically the voiceless th sound like in the word thin. Eth (ð) would be used here, again in Icelandic, but it would be a voiced th, like in then.
But, since it’s not Icelandic, and it’s not a voiceless th, Thorn would be a phonetically appropriate IPA letter to use.
As for your second question about a serf speaking that way? I-unno…
Thanks for the input. That’s basically what I found on Wikipedia, but what was used in earlier periods seems to be beyond their scope. Linguistics is both fascinating and complicated. As a monolingual English writer I think I’d have trouble transitioning back to þ, but I love the idea of its use.
Thorn (þ) depends on the language using it. Unless you’re just going with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to spell however you like, then all bets are off.
AFAIK, Icelandic is the only language that uses Thorn now. However they only use it at the beginning of a word, and it’s specifically the voiceless th sound like in the word thin. Eth (ð) would be used here, again in Icelandic, but it would be a voiced th, like in then.
But, since it’s not Icelandic, and it’s not a voiceless th, Thorn would be a phonetically appropriate IPA letter to use.
As for your second question about a serf speaking that way? I-unno…
Thanks for the input. That’s basically what I found on Wikipedia, but what was used in earlier periods seems to be beyond their scope. Linguistics is both fascinating and complicated. As a monolingual English writer I think I’d have trouble transitioning back to þ, but I love the idea of its use.
If you wanna go crazy: https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/IPAcharts/inter_chart_2018/IPA_2018.html
Interesting. Also, how do you stop brain bleeds? :D