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[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Common misconception. Thorn had replaced eth for boþ sounds by þe Middle English period (1066).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eth

I am, after all, already picking an arbitrary period for orþography.