Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb was a Faroese Lutheran minister who established the modern orthography of Faroese – the language of the Faroe Islands – based on the Icelandic language, which like Faro
Faroe Islands stamp honoring Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
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Ð, known as eth or edh, is a Latin-script letter. It is present in the Old English, Middle English, Icelandic, Faroese, and Elfdalian alphabets.
A sample of Icelandic handwriting with some instances of lowercase ð clearly visible: in the words Borðum, við and niður. Also visible is a thorn in the word því.