Eormengyld Oxnafordes

Sheldonian Theatre

Þæt Eormengyld Oxnafordes (on Nīƿum Englisce: University of Oxford) is eormengyld þæt þe in Oxnaforde in þǣm Geānedan Cynerīce ligeþ. Þæt is ōðer ieldest eormengyld þǣre ƿorulde þe ābītt, and ieldest þǣre ƿorulde ængliscsprecendan. Þēah his frumsetnunge gescēadlic gēar tƿēolic āƿunaþ, sƿā þēah þǣr is geƿitscipe tǣcinge sƿā forlang sƿā in þǣm endlyftan gearhundrede. Rynelīce gegrēoƿ þæt eormengyld æfter 1167 þā Heanrig II Engla Cyning þæt leorningcnihtas tō þǣm Eormengylde Parise gān unālēof.

Stǣrlīce ƿǣron þā æfternaman þæs eormengyldes Oxon. (fram his naman on Lǣdene, Oxoniensis), ac Oxf. þæt eormengyld in cartan nūhƿīlum ƿrīteþ.

Æfter sace betƿeox þā leorningcnihtas ond þā burhƿerod in 1209 flugon sume leorneras ēastnorþ tō Grantabrycge, þǣr Grantanbrycge Eormengyld onstelledon. Þās tƿā ealdan eormengyldas sind micle angelicu ond neahhe man hīe ætgæddre Oxnabrycg hǣtt.