Gregorius | diu | kunst | sprichet | von | der | ê | | (this) | knowledge | concerns | _ | the | law |
1198 | er | hete | noch | gelernet | mê | | he | would have | still | learned | more |
| wan | daz | er | wart | geirret | dr- | -an | | except | that | he | was | prevented | _ | from it |
| als | ich | iu | wol | gesagen | kan | | as | I | (to) you | indeed | explain | can |
1201 | ez | leit | der | vischære | | _ | had suffered | the | fisher |
| von | armuot | grôze | swære | | from | poverty | great | hardship |
| sîne | huobe | lâgen | ûf | dem | sê | | his | acres | lay | on | the | sea |
1204 | des | wart | sîm | lîbe | dicke | wê | | therefore | (it) was | (for) his | body | often | hard |
| wande | er | sich | alsus | nerte | | for | he | himself | so | feed |
| sîniu | kint | erwerte | | his | children | protected |
1207 | dem | bittern | hunger | alle | tage | | (for) _ | bitter | hunger | _ | constantly |
| niuwan | mit | sînem | bejage | | only | with | his | catch |
| ê | er | daz | kint | vunde | | before | he | the | child | found |
1210 | ouch | wart | dâ | zestunde | | thereby | was | then | immediately |
| wol | gesenftet | sîn | leben | | indeed | eased | his | life |
| dô | im | wurden | gegeben | | when | (to) him | was | given |
1213 | von | golde | zwô | marke | | of | gold | two | marks |
| dô | bezzerten | sich | starke | | then | improved | _ | greatly |
| alle | sîne | sache | | all | his | affairs |
1216 | an | getregede | und | an | gemache | | in | possessions | and | in | comforts |
| nû | en- | -lie | sîn | ungewizzen | wîp | | now | _ | let | his | imprudent | wife |
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