Gregorius | er | gerte | in | sînem | muote | | he | desired | in | his | heart |
2756 | daz | in | got | der | guote | | that | him | God | the | good (one) |
| sande | in | eine | wüeste | | would send | into | a | wilderness |
| dâ | er | inne | müeste | | _ | he | wherein | might |
2759 | büezen | unz | an | sînen | tôt | | do penance | until | upon | his | death |
| spilnde | bestuont | er | dise | nôt | | joyfully | bore | he | this | suffering |
| er | schûhte | âne | mâze | | he | shunned | (beyond all) | measure |
2762 | die | liute | und | die | strâze | | _ | people | and | _ | roads |
| und | daz | blôze | gevilde | | and | the | open | field |
| allez | gegen | der | wilde | | constantly | towards | the | wilderness |
2765 | sô | rihte | der | arme | sîne | wege | | so | directed | the | poor (man) | his | way |
| er | wuot | diu | wazzer | bî | dem | stege | | he | waded (through) | the | water | beside | the | bridge |
| mit | marwen | vüezen | ungeschuoch | | with | tender | feet | without shoes |
2768 | streich | er | walt | unde | bruoch | | trod | he | woods | and | marsh |
| sô | daz | er | sînes | gebetes | phlac | | so | that | he | his | prayers | tended |
| ungâz | unz | an | den | dritten | tac | | without eating | until | on | the | third | day |
2771 | nû | gie | ein | stîc | der | was | smal | | now | went | a | path | which | was | narrow |
| nâhe | bî | einem | sê | ze | tal | | _ | beside | a | lake | down to a | valley |
| den | ergreif | der | lîplôse | man | | this | took | the | world-weary | man |
2774 | und | gevolgete | im | dan | | and | followed | it | from there |
| unz | er | ein | hiuselîn | gesach | | until | he | (of) a | cottage | caught sight |
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