Hlāf biþ ƿeorþlic ǣt þe man macaþ be bæcende dāh smedmes and ƿæteres. Hlāf biþ ān þāra ieldesta fōdena, fram þǣm Neolithic tīmum, and sumum breadum bēoþ forestǣrlic. Æfter þǣm 12e gēarhundred, hlāf ƿæs mǣste cūþ sƿā "bread".