Iwein | gegen | einer | sîner | veste | | toward | one | (of) his | fortresses |
3770 | die | er | dâ | nâhen | weste | | which | he | _ | near by | knew (to be) |
| dâ | er | zuo | dem | hûse | vlôch | | when | he | to | the | castle | fled |
| dâ | was | der | burcberc | sô | hôch | | there | was | the | mountaintop castle | so | high |
3773 | beidiu | sô | stechel | und | sô | lanc | | both | so | steep | and | so | long |
| daz | in | sunder | sînen | danc | | that | him | against | his | will |
| her | Îwein | ergâhte | an | dem | tor | | Sir | Iwein | caught | at | the | gate |
3776 | dâ | vienc | er | in | vor | | _ | captured | he | him | before it |
| und | nam | des | sîne | sicherheit | | and | took | (at) this | his | security |
| daz | er | gevangen | wider | reit | | that | he | captured | _ | rode back |
3779 | in | der | vrouwen | gewalt | | into | the | lady's | power |
| diu | sîn | dâ | vor | sô | dicke | engalt | | who | (because of) him | _ | before | so | greatly | had suffered |
| und | ir | verwüestet | hete | ir | lant | | and | (to) whom | laid waste | had | her | land |
3782 | er | sazte | ir | gîsel | unde | pfant | | he | fixed | (to) her | hostages | and | pledges |
| daz | er | alle | sîne | schulde | | (so) that | he | all | (of) his | obligations |
| buozte | unz | ûf | ir | hulde | | would compensate | until | (up)on | her | clemency |
3785 | ez- | -n | wart | nie | rîter | mêre | | (there) | _ | was | never | (a) knight | more |
| erboten | grœzer | êre | | accorded | greater | honor |
| dan | mînem | hern | Îweine | geschach | | than | _ | (to) Sir | Iwein | happened |
3788 | dô | man | in | zuo | rîten | sach | | when | one | him | _ | riding up | saw |
| unde | sînen | gevangen | man | | and | his | _ | captive |
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