Eormengyld

Eormengyld (Niwenglisc: university Lǣden: universitas) oþþe unifærseþīg is se hālige hrof ƿisdomes, þǣr manna mōd oncnytt ond ƿīsdōm becymð tō beorhtnysse. Hēr on þȳssum eardsetle, seofon ƿisan sind gecierred, ond bēc sƿuteliað ealra ƿorca dǣde, manna snoternys ond giefƿis mōdes.

On þǣm eormenglyde rædað snotere, giefƿise men, ond lǣreras sprǣcað mid sōðum ƿordum. Ðǣr magon leornere frignan rǣdas be tīd, be tunglum, be ƿeorcsciepe, ond ƿorda cræfte. Laga ond rīht, eorðscip ond godcund ƿit, bēoð hēr āƿritene on ƿitbēc, fōn iċgefram be þǣm þe geworht is on middangearde.

Eormenglyd is hēahƿang folces mōdgesƿince, cynd hālra ƿita ond ēagna torhtnes. Se þe þǣr sitt ond lǣrest, is lēoma on þȳstrum, se þe cƿæð sōð ƿord be lǣringe ond ƿitþearfe.

Ne bið hit ānes mannes hām, ac folcƿīsa sǣd ond cynnƿisdomes ƿeorc. Ðǣr cymeð manna ȝeƿit, ond se þe on þyssum stede lang lǣringe fēð, he mot cunnan dōm ond rǣdan folcriht.

Swā stent þēos eormenglyd, gefæstnod on dōme, beorht ƿisdomstōƿ folces.