Where do you see examples of Old English language and Anglo-Saxon culture today? Why do you think those vestiges survive?
I personally see examples of Anglo-Saxon culture in international affairs and wars. In the Beowulf, Beowulf hears about the suffering that Grendel is inflicting on Hrothgar and his fellow Danes. Beowulf and some men from his native country of Geatland decide to intervene and relieve them of their misery. This can be related to any international conflict in which one country has come to the aid of another.
I think this vestige survives because for most people, helping others (if one is able) is seen as the right thing to do. Another motive for this may also be bragging rights (fairly common in this story), but even today many countries are not shy about talking about the good deeds they have done for other nations.
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