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Þ þ (thorn)
Ð ð (eth)
Ʒ ʒ (yogh)
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n-
prosthetic
40 quotations in 1 sense
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An initial
n-
is often attached to words beginning with a vowel or with a (presumably silent)
h
followed by a vowel. Such words are usually preceded by an article, an adjective, a numeral, a pronoun…
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