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