Iwein | dâ | er | rîter | und | vrouwen | sach | | there | he | knights | and | ladies | saw |
4385 | eine | sûberlîche | schar | | a | handsome | company |
| dô | nam | er | ir | beider | war | | then | _ | he | them | both | observed |
| ir | gebærde | unde | ir | muotes | | their | bearing | and | their | demeanor |
4388 | do- | -ne | vande- | -r | niht | wan | guotes | | there | _ | found | he | nothing | except | excellence |
| swer | ie | kumber | erleit | | whoever | ever | distress | has suffered |
| den | erbarmet | des | mannes | arbeit | | (for) him | arouses sympathy | (a) | man's | hardship |
4391 | michels | harter | dan | den | man | | much | greater | than | (for) the | one |
| der | nie | deheine | nôt | gewan | | who | never | any | danger | experienced |
| der | wirt | het | selbe | vil | gestriten | | the | host | had | himself | many | fought battles |
4394 | und | dicke | ûf | den | lîp | geriten | | and | often | on | (his) | life | ridden |
| und | geloupte | dem | gaste | deste | baz | | and | thought | (of) the | guest | all the | more |
| wande- | -r | allez | bi | im | saz | | for | he | the whole time | by | him | sat |
4397 | unz | daz | er | entwâfent | wart | | until | that | he | disarmed | was |
| der | wille | was | dâ | ungespart | | _ | goodwill | was | there | not spared |
| von | manne | und | von | wîbe | | from (the) | men | and | from (the) | women |
4400 | er | wart | sînem | lîbe | | it | was | (for) his | person |
| ze | dienste | gekêret | | to | service | turned |
| und | über | state | gêret | | and | beyond | circumstances | honored |
4403 | sî | wurden | vil | vaste | | they | were | very | much |
| ze | liebe | dem | gaste | | for (the) | sake | (of) the | guest |
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