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Continuation and suppression of heathen practices

These writings frequently list forbidden practices, possibly allowing inference of what may have been taking place, such as the veneration of the sun and moon, and the "nonsense" practiced at elder trees, in friðsplottum ("sanctuaries") and at stones. Whilst it is difficult to discern which of these existed in Britain before the migrations of heathen Scandinavians in the 9th centuries and onwards, and which were brought by them, there does not seem to be a significant difference between the practices condemned in Northumbria and the more southern parts of England, where Scandinavian influence was less extensive. Furthermore, there agreement between Wulfstan's writings and the 8th-century Paenitentiale Pseudo-Ecgberhti on matters such as forbidding the bringing offerings to trees, wsprings and stones, which Wulfstan records aims for good health of themselves or their livestock.