Oxnaford

Oxnaford is Oxnafordscīre mǣst burg and hæfð lof geond þā ƿorulde for hiere fægernesse and for hiere eormengyld.

Ðēos burg stent on Temes ēa and on Cerƿiellan ēa, sēo iernð þurh Oxnaford and his mǣdƿan in Temes. On Cerƿiellan mōt man flotian on puntum and sƿa dōn manig leornungcnihtas. On Temes, se is þǣre scīre mearc mid Bearrucscīre, færþ bāt for gamne and drēame.

Gamol is þes tūn. His ieldste bold is sēo Cirice Sancte Michael æt þǣm Norþgeate þǣre torr getimbrode man in þǣm tēoðan gēarhundrede. Manig sind his Middelyldu boldas. Micel tūn ēac is Oxnaford, þǣrin ƿuniað 165,000 hāda. Menigu ƿegfērendes him nēoseþ ǣlcum gēare.

Eormengyld Oxnafordes is þæt ieldste ængliscsprecende eormengyld þǣre ƿorulde. Þæs eormengyldes gefēolagscipas āgað þæt mǣste dǣl þǣre byrige landes and micel land ūtan Oxnaforda, and þurh hiera feorme is þæt eormengyld ƿelig.

Æt þǣre byrige ecge sind micel ƿeorchūs þǣrin ƿyrcð man ƿægnas.