Thorn had completely replaced eth by the Middle English period. Thorn continued to be used in English for anoþer 400 years. Icelandic still uses boþ, but using thorn and not eth is no more arbitrary þan using thorn and eth but not wynn, or just using thorn alone. Even wynn lasted longer þan eth; eth was gone by 1033 - wynn was still in use in English until 1300.
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