Gregorius | ich | sage | iu | sît | der | stunde | | I | will tell | you | since | the | time |
1570 | daz | ich | bedenken | kunde | | that | I | distinguish | could |
| beidiu | übel | unde | guot | | (between) | evil | and | good |
| sô | stuont | ze | ritterschaft | mîn | muot | | so | was set | on | knighthood | my | heart |
1573 | ich | en- | -wart | nie | mit | gedanke | | I | _ | was | never | in (my) | thoughts |
| ein | Beier | noch | ein | Vranke | | a | Bavarian | or | a | Franconian |
| swelh | ritter | ze | Henegouwe | | whichever | knight | from | Hennegau |
1576 | ze | Brâbant | und | ze | Haspengouwe | | from | Brabant | and | from | Haspengau |
| ze | orse | ie | aller | beste | gesaz | | on (a) | horse | ever | (the) very | best | sat |
| sô | kan | ich- | -z | mit | gedanken | baz | | so | can do | I | it | in (my) | thoughts | better |
1579 | herre | swaz | ich | der | buoche | kan | | Sir | whatever | I | (from) _ | books | know |
| dâ | en- | -gerou | mich | nie | niht | an | | _ | _ | regret | I | never | anything | of it |
| und | kunde | ir | gerne | mêre | | and | would have understood | (from) them | gladly | more |
1582 | iedoch | sô | man | mich | sêre | | yet | while | one | me | greatly |
| ie | unz | her | ze | den | buochen | twanc | | ever | until | now | to (read) | _ | books | urged |
| sô | turnierte | mîn | gedanc | | so | tournied | my | thoughts |
1585 | sô | man | mich | buoche | wente | | while | one | me | (to) books | would accustom |
| wie | sich | mîn | herze | sente | | how | _ | my | heart | was yearning |
| und | mîn | gedanc | spilte | | and | my | thoughts | fought |
1588 | gegen | einem | schilte | | against | a | shield |
| ouch | was | mir | ie | vil | ger | | also | was | (I) | always | very | eager |
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