Wp/enm/Oxenford

Oxenford is a toun of Engelond wiþ 134,248 peple where men kan fynden þe scole of Oxenford, þe oldest scole of Engelond.

Storie
Saxons weren þe first to lyven in Oxenford which weren knowen as "Oxenaforda". It bigan wiþ þe foundacioun of Seint Frideswide's nunnerie in þe 8þ century.

Scole
Al scolars wel ytaughte at Cantebrigge knowen these woordes: I wolde rather be at Oxenford than at Johnnes. For thilke is hir wrecchednes, that they wolde nat be with hem, but at a nother scole, and moore, a scole that of al in Engelond, betwixt the two we witen there to be the moste rivalree. Eek may men knowe, that of swich three grete scoles of Engelond, that are: Oxenford, Cantebrigge, and Hull, that oonly two be trewely grete, viz. Cantebrigge, and Hull. For Oxenford is a compleet dompe. Although stille hem be nat so badde as Johnnes.