Gregorius | alsus | rûmde | er | daz | stat | | so | put out from | he | the | shore |
1817 | swie | sêre | sî | gescheiden | diu | tugent | | however | greatly | were | different | (their) | nature |
| under | alter | und | under | jugent | | in | age | and | in | youth |
| sô | ergie | doch | von | in | beiden | | so | (there) was | yet | from | them | both |
1820 | ein | jæmerlîchez | scheiden | | a | painful | parting |
| si | en- | -mohten | der | ougen | | they | _ | could | (their) | eyes |
| ein | ander | niht | verlougen | | (from) one | another | not | turn |
1823 | unz | si | sich | vor | dem | breiten | sê | | until | they | one another | over | the | wide | sea |
| en- | -mohten | undersehen | mê | | _ | could | not see | (any) longer |
| nû | bôt | der | ellende | | now | offered | the | homeless (one) |
1826 | herze | unde | hende | | heart | and | hands |
| ze | himele | und | bat | vil | verre | | to | heaven | and | prayed | most | fervently |
| daz | in | unser | herre | | that | him | our | Lord |
1829 | sande | in | etelîchez | lant | | would send | into | some | land |
| dâ | sîn | vart | wære | bewant | | where | his | journey | would be | successful |
| er | gebôt | den | marnæren | | he | instructed | the | sailors |
1832 | daz | si | den | winden | wæren | | that | they | (to) the | winds | would |
| nâch | ir | willen | undertân | | according to | their | will | be subject |
| und | daz | schef | liezen | gân | | and | the | ship | let | go |
1835 | swar | ez | die | winde | lêrten | | wherever | it | the | winds | guided |
| und | anders | nie- | -ne | kêrten | | and | otherwise | _ | not | steer |
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