Bēag is hlāfcynn þe man gemǣne sciepþ intō hringscēape bȳ hande of gistodum hwǣtedōhe, ymbe handes micelu, þe man ǣrost in wætere sīeþþ þurh scortre tīde and þonne bæceþ. Se becyme is þicce, cēowig, dōhlic innoþ mid gebrūnodum ūtoðe. Man oft wrieþ bēagas mid sǣdum þe ontō þǣm ūtanrinde gebacod bēoþ; gemǣne poppy oþþe sesame sǣd. Sum ēac hæfþ sealt on þǣm ūtanrinde, and þǣr sind ēac mænig dōhcynn swelce hālcorn oþþe ryge.