Iwein | daz | er | sô | schœnez | nie | gesach | | that | he | so | beautiful (a one) | never | had seen |
1139 | weder | vor | des | noch | sît | | neither | _ | before | or | since |
| hôch | vest | unde | wît | | high | solid | and | vast |
| gemâlet | gar | von | golde | | painted | entirely | with | gold |
1142 | swer | dar- | -inne | wesen | solde | | whoever | _ | in it | been | could have |
| âne | vorhtlîche | swære | | without | fearful | adversity |
| den | dûhte- | -z | vreudebære | | (this one) | would have thought | it | delightful |
1145 | dô | suochte- | -r | wider | unde | vür | vür | | then | searched high | he | _ | and | searched low | _ |
| und | en- | -vant | venster | noch | tür | | and | _ | searchedfound | (neither) window | nor | door |
| dâ | er | ûz | möhte | | where | he | _ | could get out |
1148 | nu | gedâhte- | -r | waz | im | töhte | | now | thought | he | what | (for) him | would work |
| dô | er | mit | selhen | sorgen | ranc | | when | he | with | such | worries | struggled |
| dô | wart | bî | im | niht | über | lanc | | then | was | beside | him | not | (very) | long (until) |
1151 | ein | türlîn | ûf | getân | | a | (small) door | _ | opened |
| dâ | sach | er | zuo | im | ûz | gân | | _ | saw | he | towards | him | _ | coming from it |
| eine | rîterlîche | maget | | a | beautiful | young lady |
1154 | en- | -hete | sî | sich | niht | verclaget | | _ | had | she | _ | not | been grieving (so) |
| diu | sprach | z- | -em | êrsten | niht | mê | | she | said | in | the | beginning | nothing | more |
| wan | ouwê | rîter | ouwê | | (other) than | alas | knight | alas |
1157 | daz | ir | her | komen | sît | | that | you | here | come | have |
| daz | ist | iuwer | jungestiu | zît | | this | is | your | last | (day) |
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