• PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    Ah, welcome! The character (þ) you see there is the thorn. It makes a ‘th’ sound, so ‘þem’ would be commonly read as ‘them’.

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        2 months ago

        I’d say old (maybe middle) English? It comes to us from the raids and interaction with the Norse around the turn of the last millenium, as best I understand (very little).