Uggghhhh! I left out the 'k.'
The word was supposed to be 'knew.'
Might as well been Gnu!

"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
> 
> > For some reason, I never new what a thorn was. Now I know it was a
> > Runic letter, representing the sound "th."
 
> Well, an English letter (as well as being in some Scandanavian
> alphabets currently) ... I'm not sure whether it also showed up
> in Runic or not (I'll have to check).

That's what my American Heritage dictionary said.
Looks like a vertical line (|)  with a "greater than" symbol (>)
hooked onto the middle of the right side of the line.
"...used in Old English and Middle English manuacripts."
 
> And you're welcome!
> 
>                                         -- Glenn

keith

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