Iwein | sô | wolde- | -r | doch | wider | dar | | so | would want to return | he | indeed | _ | there |
1720 | sîn | herze | stuont | niender | anderswar | | his | heart | was | not | elsewhere |
| niuwan | dâ | er | sî | weste | | only | where | he | her | knew (to be) |
| diu | stat | was | im | diu | beste | | (this) | place | was | (for) him | the | best |
1723 | sus | was | mîn | her | Îwein | | thus | was | _ | Sir | Iwein |
| mit | disen | nœten | zwein | | by | these | woes | two |
1726 | swie | wol | im | was | gelungen | | however | well | (for) him | (it) had | been successful |
| sô | wære- | -r | doch | gunêret | | so | would be | he | nevertheless | dishonored |
| wær | er | ze | hove | gekêret | | (if) were | he | to | court | to return |
1729 | âne | geziuc | sîner | geschiht | | without | proof | (of) his | story |
| wan | man | geloubet | es | im | niht | | for | one | would believe | it | (of) him | not |
| do | begunde | in | dô | an | strîten | | then | (it) began | him | there | _ | to bother |
1732 | zuo | den | andern | sîten | | on | the | other | (hand) |
| daz | im | gar | unmære | | that | (to) him | completely | unimportant |
| älliu | diu | êre | wære | | all | the | honor | were |
1735 | diu | im | anders | möhte | geschehen | | which | (to) him | otherwise | might | happen |
| er- | -n | müese | sîne | vrouwen | sehen | | (if) he | not | should | his | lady | see |
| von | der | er | was | gevangen | | by | whom | he | was | held captive |
1738 | schiere | kam | gegangen | | soon | _ | came (back) |
| diu | guote | maget | diu | sîn | pflac | | the | good | maiden | who | (for) him | was caring |
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