Iwein | her | Gâwein | was | der | höfschste | man | | Sir | Gawein | was | the | most courtly | man |
3038 | der | rîters | namen | ie | gewan | | whoever | (a) knight's | title | ever | bore |
| engalt | er | sîn | daz | was | im | leit | | (if) suffered | he | (because of) him | that | was | (to) him | distressful |
| wan | er | alle | sîn | arbeit | | for | he | all | his | efforts |
3041 | im | ze | dienste | kêrte | | (to) him | in | service | turned |
| wie- | -r | im | sînen | prîs | gemêrte | | how | he | (for) him | his | fame | might increase |
| swâ | sî | turnierens | pflâgen | | wherever | they | (in a) tournament | took part |
3044 | des | sî | niht | verlâgen | | which | they | not | did miss (out of indolence) |
| dâ | muose | selch | rîterschaft | geschehen | | there | must | such | knightly deeds | have occurred |
| die | got | mit | êren | möhte | sehen | | which | God | with | honor | might | have beheld |
3047 | dâ | vürdert | er | in | in | allen | wîs | | there | helped | he | him | in | all | respects |
| und | alsô | gar | daz | im | der | prîs | | and | so | completely | that | (to) him | the | honor(s) |
| aller | oftest | beleip | | most | often | fell |
3050 | unz | er | der | tage | ze | vil | vertreip | | until | he | (of) the | days | too | many | let slip by |
| im | gie | diu | zît | mit | vreuden | hin | | (for) him | passed away | the | time | with | pleasure | _y |
| man | saget | daz | mîn | her | Gâwein | in | | one | says | that | _ | Sir | Gawein | him |
3053 | mit | guoter | handelunge | | with | good | treatment |
| behabte | unde | betwunge | | detained | and | captivated |
| daz | er | der | jârzal | vergaz | | (so) that | he | the | year's limit | forgot |
3056 | und | sîn | gelübede | versaz | | and | his | promise | neglected |
| unz | daz | ander | jâr | gevienc | | until | the | second | year | began |
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