Iwein | dâ | er | zuo | dem | hûse | vlôch | | when | he | to | the | castle | fled |
3772 | dâ | was | der | burcberc | sô | hôch | | there | was | the | mountaintop castle | so | high |
| beidiu | sô | stechel | und | sô | lanc | | both | so | steep | and | so | long |
| daz | in | sunder | sînen | danc | | that | him | against | his | will |
3775 | her | Îwein | ergâhte | an | dem | tor | | Sir | Iwein | caught | at | the | gate |
| dâ | vienc | er | in | vor | | _ | captured | he | him | before it |
| und | nam | des | sîne | sicherheit | | and | took | (at) this | his | security |
3778 | daz | er | gevangen | wider | reit | | that | he | captured | _ | rode back |
| 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 |
3781 | und | ir | verwüestet | hete | ir | lant | | and | (to) whom | laid waste | had | her | land |
| 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 |
3784 | buozte | unz | ûf | ir | hulde | | would compensate | until | (up)on | her | clemency |
| ez- | -n | wart | nie | rîter | mêre | | (there) | _ | was | never | (a) knight | more |
| erboten | grœzer | êre | | accorded | greater | honor |
3787 | dan | mînem | hern | Îweine | geschach | | than | _ | (to) Sir | Iwein | happened |
| dô | man | in | zuo | rîten | sach | | when | one | him | _ | riding up | saw |
| unde | sînen | gevangen | man | | and | his | _ | captive |
3790 | eneben | im | vuorte | dan | | beside | him | leading | there |
| dô | in | diu | grævinne | enpfienc | | when | him | the | countess | received |
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