Gregorius | er | hete | in | geschaffet | kunde | er | baz | | he | would have | him | shaped | could have | he | better |
1273 | die | liute | dem | knappen | jâhen | | the | people | (of) the | boy | said |
| alle | die | in | gesâhen | | all | those who | him | saw |
| daz | von | vischære | | that | of | fisher |
1276 | nie | geboren | wære | | never | born | had been |
| dehein | jungelinc | sô | sælden | rîch | | no | youth | so | (in) good fortune | rich |
| ez | wære | harte | schedelîch | | it | was | very | shameful |
1279 | daz | man | in | niht | mähte | | that | one | him | not | could |
| geprîsen | von | geslähte | | praise | for (his) | lineage |
| und | jâhen | des | ze | stæte | | and | said | this | _ | constantly |
1282 | ob | er- | -z | an | gebürte | hæte | | if | he | it | from | birth | had |
| sô | wære | wol | ein | rîche | lant | | so | were | well | a | powerful | land |
| ze | sîner | vrümikeit | bewant | | by | his | excellence | served |
1285 | nû | geviel | ez | eines | tages | sus | | now | happened | it | one | day | thus |
| daz | der | knappe | Grêgôrjus | | that | the | boy | Gregorius |
| mit | sînen | spilgenôzen | kam | | with | his | playmates | came |
1288 | dâ | si | spilnes | gezam | | (to) where | they | (to) play | liked |
| nu | gevuocte | ein | wunderlich | geschiht | | now | occurred | an | unusual | event |
| ez | en- | -kam | von | sînem | willen | niht | | it | _ | did happen | through | his | intent | not |
1291 | er | tet | daz | geschach | im | nie | mê | | he | caused | which | had happened | (to) him | never | before |
| des | vischæres | kinde | alsô | wê | | the | fisher's | child | such | pain |
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