Abbreviation · Notes

What does þ / y mean?

th

y used for the old letter thorn in yᵉ, yᵗ, yᵐ: read th

Meet oftenUnit 8

You’ll find it in registers, wills, inventories, deeds, letters, court records and accounts.

Examples

In practice lines

Examples of this one are on their way

Create a free Leo accountTaught in unit 8. Standard members get the whole course.

Listed in Jones, abbreviation tables (1688).

Model letters: R. B. McKerrow, An Introduction to Bibliography (1927); Jean de Beauchesne & John Baildon, A Booke Containing Divers Sortes of Hands (1570 and 1581); Giovambattista Palatino, Libro nel qual s’insegna a scrivere (1550); and manuscripts in the Folger Shakespeare Library; all public domain. They stand in until Leo’s own model letters are drawn. Secretary letters typeset in Joscelyn by Peter S. Baker (SIL Open Font License).