Gregorius | und | mîn | gedanc | spilte | | and | my | thoughts | fought |
1588 | gegen | einem | schilte | | against | a | shield |
| ouch | was | mir | ie | vil | ger | | also | was | (I) | always | very | eager |
| vür | den | griffel | zuo | dem | sper | | (than) for | the | stylus | (more) for | the | lance |
1591 | vür | die | veder | ze | dem | swerte | | (than) for | the | quill | (more) for | the | sword |
| daz | ist | des | ich | ie | gerte | | this | is | what | I | always | have desired |
| mînen | gedanken | wart | nie | baz | | my | thoughts | were | never | better |
1594 | dan | sô | ich | ze | orse | gesaz | | than | when | I | on | horse(back) | sat |
| und | den | schilt | ze | halse | genam | | and | (my) | shield | before (my) | neck | clasped |
| und | daz | sper | als | ez | gezam | | and | the | lance | as | it | is proper |
1597 | und | daz | under- | -n | arm | gesluoc | | und | it | under | (my) | arm | fixed |
| und | mich | daz | ors | von | sprunge | truoc | | and | me | the | horse | in | gallop | carried |
| sô | liez | ich | schenkel | vliegen | | then | let | I | thighs | fly |
1600 | die | kunde | ich | sô | gebiegen | | these | could | I | so | bend |
| daz | ich | daz | ors | mit | sporn | sluoc | | that | I | the | horse | with | spurs | struck |
| weder | z- | -en | lanken | noch | in | den | buoc | | neither | in | the | flanks | nor | in | the | hocks |
1603 | dâ | hinder | eines | vingers | breit | | _ | there behind | a | finger's | breadth |
| dâ | der | surzengel | ist | geleit | | where | the | surcingle | _ | lies |
| neben | der | mane | vlugen | diu | bein | | beside | the | mane | flew | (my) | legs |
1606 | ob | des | sateles | ich | schein | | in | the | saddle | I | looked |
| als | ich | wære | gemâlet | dar | | as (if) | I | were | painted | there |
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