> Was the thorn really a part of old Cyrillic? No, never was a thing. Early Cyrillic had a bunch of unique letters that are long gone, but it never had "þ" in

> Was the thorn really a part of old Cyrillic? No, never was a thing. Early Cyrillic had a bunch of unique letters that are long gone, but it never had "þ" in there. > The "ѵ" is interesting too It's from Greek "Y" (upsilon) and it - depending on the place - could've meant either /i/ or /v/ sound (and /u/ when in "оѵ" digraph, so parent comment has it wrong): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izhitsa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izhitsa