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Þ þ (thorn)
Ð ð (eth)
Ʒ ʒ (yogh)
Æ æ (ash)
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therne
adj.
7 quotations in 1 sense
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With noun, referring to a specific member of a class and used anaphorically, pointing to a previously mentioned thing: this; also pointing to a thing not previously mentioned but understood from the…
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