Iwein | nû | wem | wære | sî | gelîch | | now | to whom | were | she | equal |
1685 | en- | -hete | sî | dehein | leit | | (if) _ | had | she | no | pain |
| zewâre | got | der | hât | geleit | | indeed | God | He | has | invested |
| sîne | kunst | und | sîne | kraft | | His | craft | and | His | power |
1688 | sînen | vlîz | und | sîne | meisterschaft | | His | diligence | and | His | mastery |
| an | disen | lobelîchen | lîp | | on | this | praiseworthy | body |
| ez | ist | ein | engel | und | niht | ein | wîp | | it | is | an | angel | and | not | a | woman |
1691 | her | Îwein | saz | verborgen | | Sir | Iwein | sat | hidden |
| in | vreuden | unde | in | sorgen | | in | joy | and | in | sorrow |
| im | schuof | daz | venster | guot | gemach | | (to) him | provided | the | window | great | comfort |
1694 | des | er | genôz | daz | er | sî | sach | | (from) which | he | benefited | (in) that | he | her | saw |
| dâ | wider | vorhte- | -r | den | tôt | | _ | on the other hand | feared | he | _ | death |
| sus | hete- | -r | wünne | unde | nôt | | thus | had | he | happiness | and | danger |
1697 | er | saz | dâ | und | sach | sî | an | | he | sat | there | and | watched | her | _ |
| unz | an | die | wîle | daz | sî | dan | | until | at | the | time | that | she | from there |
| wider | durch | daz | palas | gie | | _ | through | the | hall | returned |
1700 | ouwî | wie | kûme | er | daz | verlie | | oh | how | barely | he | this | avoided |
| dô | er | sî | vür | sich | gân | sach | | when | he | her | past | him(self) | going | saw |
| daz | er | niht | wider | sî | en- | -sprach | | that | he | not | to | her | _ | did speak |
1703 | dô | muose- | -r- | -z | doch | durch | vorhte | lân | | then | had | he | (from) it | indeed | out of | fear | refrained |
| die | porte | wurden | zuo | getân | | the | gates | were | _ | closed |
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