Iwein | den | spot | den | er | vunde | | the | mockery | which | he | would find |
1525 | sô | er | sînen | gelingen | | so | he | his | success |
| mit | deheinen | schînlichen | dingen | | with | no | visible | evidence |
| ze | hove | erziugen | möhte | | at | court | prove | could |
1528 | waz | im | danne | töhte | | what | (to) him | then | good were |
| älliu | sîn | arbeit | | all | (of) his | efforts |
| er | vorhte | eine | schalkheit | | he | feared | _ | villainy |
1531 | er | weste | wol | daz | Keiî | | he | knew | (full) well | that | Keii |
| in | niemer | gelieze | vrî | | him | never | would let | free |
| vor | spotte | und | vor | leide | | from | mockery | and | from | insults |
1534 | dise | sorgen | beide | | these | worried | both |
| die | tâten | im | gelîche | wê | | they | caused | him | equal | pain |
| vil | schiere | wart | des | einen | mê | | very | soon | became | (of) them | one | greater |
1537 | vrou | Minne | nam | die | obern | hant | | Lady | Love | gained | the | upper | hand |
| daz | sî | in | vienc | unde | bant | | (so) that | she | him | seized | and | bound |
| si | bestuont | in | mit | überkraft | | she | confronted | him | with | superior force |
1540 | und | twanc | in | des | ir | meisterschaft | | and | compelled | him | (to) this | her | superiority |
| daz | er | herzeminne | | (so) that | he | heart's love |
| truoc | sîner | vîendinne | | bore | (for) his | enemy |
1543 | diu | im | ze | tôde | was | gehaz | | who | (to) him | to (the) | death | was | hostile |
| ouch | wart | diu | vrouwe | an | im | baz | | also | had | the | lady | on | him | better |
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