Editing Thorn (letter) (section)

===== Abbreviations =====
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The following were [[scribal abbreviation]]s during Middle and Early Modern English using the letter thorn:
* [[File:Barred Thorn after Ælfric.svg|class=skin-invert-image|12 px|alt= Barred thorn with superscript e]] {{char|ꝥ}}{{snd}} The [[thorn with stroke]] (or barred thorn) is the earliest abbreviation, it is used in manuscripts in the [[Old English language]]. It is the letter {{angbr|þ}}, with a bold horizontal stroke through the ascender, and it represents the word ''þæt'', meaning "the" or "that" (neuter [[nominative|nom.]] / [[accusative|acc.]])
*  [[File:Middle English the.svg|class=skin-invert-image|alt=thorn with superscript t]] {{char|þͤ}}{{snd}} a Middle English abbreviation for the word ''the''
* [[File:Middle English that.svg|class=skin-invert-image|alt=thorn with superscript t]] {{char|þͭ}}{{snd}} a Middle English abbreviation for the word ''that''
* [[File:Middle English thou.svg|class=skin-invert-image|alt=thorn with superscript u]] {{char|þͧ}}{{snd}} a rare Middle English abbreviation for the word ''[[thou]]'' (which was written early on as {{lang|ang|þu}} or {{lang|ang|þou}})
In later printed texts, given the lack of a [[sort (typesetting)|sort]] for the glyph,<ref name=Hill /> printers substituted the (visually similar) letter [[y]] for the thorn:
*{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}{{nbsp}}{{char|yᷤ}}{{snd}} an Early Modern English abbreviation for the word ''this''
* [[File:EME ye.svg|class=skin-invert-image|alt=y with superscript e]] {{char|yͤ}}{{snd}} an Early Modern English abbreviation for the word ''the''
* [[File:EME that.svg|class=skin-invert-image|alt=y with superscript t]] {{char|yͭ}}{{snd}} an Early Modern English abbreviation for the word ''that''