Þe very cool letter Þat was removed by Þe frenchs Þat couldnt pronouned their Þorn's The letter
originated from the rune ᚦ in the Elder Fuþark and was called thorn in the
Anglo-Saxon and thorn or thurs in the Scandinavian rune poems. It is similar in appearance to the archaic Greek letter sho (ϸ), although the two are
historically unrelated. The only language in which þ is currently in use is Icelandic.