Iwein | der | sol | vil | starke | kêren | | he | should | very | much | turn |
7177 | alle | sîne | sinne | | all | his | thoughts |
| nâch | etelîchem | gewinne | | to | some | gain |
| dâ | mit | er | sich | wol | bejage | | _ | with which | he | himself | well | occupy |
7180 | und | ouch | vertrîbe | die | tage | | and | also | pass | (his) | days |
| alsô | heten | sî | getân | | so | had | they | done |
| ir | leben | was | niht | verlân | | their | lives | were | not | spent |
7183 | an | deheine | müezekheit | | on | any sort of | idleness |
| in | was | beiden | vil | leit | | (for) them | was | both | very | distressing |
| swenne | ir | tage | giengen | hin | | if | their | days | went | by |
7186 | daz | sî | deheinen | gewin | | (so) that | they | no | profit |
| an | ir | koufe | en- | -vunden | | in | their | trade | _ | found |
| des | sî | sich | underwunden | | which | they | (for) themselves | had undertaken |
7189 | sî | wâren | zwêne | mære | | they | were | two | well-known |
| karge | wehselære | | shrewd | money changers |
| und | entlihen | ûz | ir | varende | guot | | und | lent out | _ | their | moveable | goods |
7192 | ûf | einen | seltsænen | muot | | with | a | strange | intent |
| sî | nâmen | wuocher | dar | an | | they | took | (a) profit | _ | thereby |
| sam | zwêne | werbende | man | | like | two | business | men |
7195 | sî | pflâgen | z- | -ir | gewinne | | they | took care | for | their | profit |
| harte | vremder | sinne | | (with a) very | strange | idea |
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