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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

It's the original English letter for th which was more or less deleted from the alphabet when imported printing press types lacked said letter.

Before it got universally replaced by th some printers used y like in "ye olde" which is really pronounced "the old"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

neat, thanks!