Gregorius | dô | der | brief | was | gereit | | when | the | message | was | finished |
768 | dô | wart | diu | tavele | geleit | | then | was | the | tablet | laid |
| zuo | im | in | daz | kleine | vaz | | by | him | in | the | little | chest |
| dô | besluzzen | si | daz | | then | secured | they | it |
771 | mit | selher | gewarheit | | with | such | care |
| daz | deheiner | slahte | leit | | that | no | form | (of) harm |
| geschæhe | dem | kinde | | would happen | (to) the | child |
774 | von | regen | noch | von | winde | | from | rain | or | from | wind |
| noch | von | der | ünden | vreise | | nor | from | the | wave's | danger |
| ûf | der | wazzerreise | | on | the | sea journey |
777 | ze | zwein | tagen | oder | ze | drin | | in | two | days | or | in | three |
| alsus | truogen | si | ez | hin | | so | carried | they | it | down |
| bî | der | naht | zuo | dem | sê | | at | _ | night | to | the | sea |
780 | vor | dem | tage | en- | -mohten | si | ê | | because of | _ | day(light) | not | could | they | earlier |
| dâ | vunden | si | eine | barke | | there | found | they | a | skiff |
| ledige | unde | starke | | empty | and | strong |
783 | dâ | leiten | si | mit | jâmer | an | | _ | laid | they | with | lamentation | in it |
| disen | kleinen | schefman | | this | little | sailor |
| dô | sande | im | der | süeze | krist | | then | sent | him | the | dear | Christ |
786 | der | bezzer | danne | gnædic | ist | | who | more | than | merciful | is |
| den | vil | rehten | wunschwint | | (a) | very | good | (desirable) wind |
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