Gregorius | vür | den | êwigen | tôt | | against | _ | eternal | death |
763 | im | wart | dâ | niht | benant | | (for) him | was | there | not | named |
| weder | liute | noch | lant | | neither | (his) people | nor | (his) country |
| geburt | noch | sîn | heimuot | | (his) lineage | nor | his | home |
766 | daz | was | ouch | in | ze | helne | guot | | this | was | also | (for) them | to | conceal | good |
| dô | der | brief | was | gereit | | when | the | message | was | finished |
| dô | wart | diu | tavele | geleit | | then | was | the | tablet | laid |
769 | zuo | im | in | daz | kleine | vaz | | by | him | in | the | little | chest |
| dô | besluzzen | si | daz | | then | secured | they | it |
| mit | selher | gewarheit | | with | such | care |
772 | daz | deheiner | slahte | leit | | that | no | form | (of) harm |
| geschæhe | dem | kinde | | would happen | (to) the | child |
| von | regen | noch | von | winde | | from | rain | or | from | wind |
775 | noch | von | der | ünden | vreise | | nor | from | the | wave's | danger |
| ûf | der | wazzerreise | | on | the | sea journey |
| ze | zwein | tagen | oder | ze | drin | | in | two | days | or | in | three |
778 | alsus | truogen | si | ez | hin | | so | carried | they | it | down |
| bî | der | naht | zuo | dem | sê | | at | _ | night | to | the | sea |
| vor | dem | tage | en- | -mohten | si | ê | | because of | _ | day(light) | not | could | they | earlier |
781 | dâ | vunden | si | eine | barke | | there | found | they | a | skiff |
| ledige | unde | starke | | empty | and | strong |
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