Gregorius | swie | sêre | sî | gescheiden | diu | tugent | | however | greatly | were | different | (their) | nature |
1818 | under | alter | und | under | jugent | | in | age | and | in | youth |
| sô | ergie | doch | von | in | beiden | | so | (there) was | yet | from | them | both |
| ein | jæmerlîchez | scheiden | | a | painful | parting |
1821 | si | en- | -mohten | der | ougen | | they | _ | could | (their) | eyes |
| ein | ander | niht | verlougen | | (from) one | another | not | turn |
| unz | si | sich | vor | dem | breiten | sê | | until | they | one another | over | the | wide | sea |
1824 | en- | -mohten | undersehen | mê | | _ | could | not see | (any) longer |
| nû | bôt | der | ellende | | now | offered | the | homeless (one) |
| herze | unde | hende | | heart | and | hands |
1827 | ze | himele | und | bat | vil | verre | | to | heaven | and | prayed | most | fervently |
| daz | in | unser | herre | | that | him | our | Lord |
| sande | in | etelîchez | lant | | would send | into | some | land |
1830 | dâ | sîn | vart | wære | bewant | | where | his | journey | would be | successful |
| er | gebôt | den | marnæren | | he | instructed | the | sailors |
| daz | si | den | winden | wæren | | that | they | (to) the | winds | would |
1833 | nâch | ir | willen | undertân | | according to | their | will | be subject |
| und | daz | schef | liezen | gân | | and | the | ship | let | go |
| swar | ez | die | winde | lêrten | | wherever | it | the | winds | guided |
1836 | und | anders | nie- | -ne | kêrten | | and | otherwise | _ | not | steer |
| ein | starker | wint | dô | wæte | | a | strong | wind | then | blew (up) |
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