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Some simple pronouns like "he" are recognizable, as are the Old English equivalents of verbs like "were".  Here is the modern equivalent for the above passage:<ref name="M-W"/>

Some simple pronouns like "he" are recognizable, as are the Old English equivalents of verbs like "were".  Here is the modern equivalent for the above passage:<ref name="M-W"/>

:Again he [St. Gregory] asked what might be the name of the people from which they came. It was answered to him that they were named Angles. Then he said, "Rightly are they called Angles because they have the beauty of angels, and it is fitting that such as they should be angels' companions in heaven."  

:Again he [Pope Gregory] asked what might be the name of the people from which they came. It was answered to him that they were named Anglos [as in Anglo-Saxon]. Then he said, "Rightly are they called Anglos because they have the beauty of angels, and it is fitting that such as they should be angels' companions in heaven."  

Middle English was an improvement due to the importation of Latin from Europe into England, at least among scholars.  John Wycliffe used Middle English when he worked on the first new translation of the Bible in nearly 1000 years.

Middle English was an improvement due to the importation of Latin from Europe into England, at least among scholars.  John Wycliffe used Middle English when he worked on the first new translation of the Bible in nearly 1000 years.