Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 — Page 1
Le Morte D'Arthur
Le Morte D'Arthur
King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table
König Artus und seine edlen Ritter der Tafelrunde
by Thomas Malory
von Thomas Malory
IN TWO VOLS.—VOL. I
IN ZWEI BÄNDEN — BAND I
Contents
Inhalt
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
BIBLIOGRAPHISCHE ANMERKUNG
PREFACE OF WILLIAM CAXTON
VORWORT VON WILLIAM CAXTON
BOOK I.
BUCH I.
CHAPTER I. First, How Uther Pendragon sent for the duke of Cornwall and Igraine his wife, and of their departing suddenly again.
KAPITEL I. Zunächst, wie Uther Pendragon den Herzog von Cornwall und Igraine, seine Gemahlin, zu sich entbot, und wie sie plötzlich wieder aufbrachen.
CHAPTER II. How Uther Pendragon made war on the duke of Cornwall, and how by the mean of Merlin he lay by the duchess and gat Arthur.
KAPITEL II. Wie Uther Pendragon dem Herzog von Cornwall den Krieg erklärte, und wie er durch Merlins Vermittlung bei der Herzogin lag und Artus zeugte.
CHAPTER III. Of the birth of King Arthur and of his nurture.
KAPITEL III. Von der Geburt König Artus' und seiner Erziehung.
CHAPTER IV. Of the death of King Uther Pendragon.
KAPITEL IV. Vom Tod des Königs Uther Pendragon.
CHAPTER V. How Arthur was chosen king, and of wonders and marvels of a sword taken out of a stone by the said Arthur.
KAPITEL V. Wie Artus zum König gewählt wurde, und von den Wundern und Wunderzeichen eines Schwertes, das besagter Artus aus einem Stein zog.
CHAPTER VI. How King Arthur pulled out the sword divers times.
KAPITEL VI. Wie König Artus das Schwert mehrmals herauszog.
CHAPTER VII. How King Arthur was crowned, and how he made officers.
KAPITEL VII. Wie König Artus gekrönt wurde und wie er Amtsträger einsetzte.
CHAPTER VIII. How King Arthur held in Wales, at a Pentecost, a great feast, and what kings and lords came to his feast.
KAPITEL VIII. Wie König Artus in Wales zu Pfingsten ein großes Fest abhielt, und welche Könige und Herren zu seinem Fest kamen.
CHAPTER IX. Of the first war that King Arthur had, and how he won the field.
KAPITEL IX. Vom ersten Krieg, den König Artus führte, und wie er das Schlachtfeld gewann.
CHAPTER X. How Merlin counselled King Arthur to send for King Ban and King Bors, and of their counsel taken for the war.
KAPITEL X. Wie Merlin König Artus riet, König Ban und König Bors herbeirufen zu lassen, und von dem Rat, den sie für den Krieg fassten.
CHAPTER XI. Of a great tourney made by King Arthur and the two kings Ban and Bors, and how they went over the sea.
KAPITEL XI. Von einem großen Turnier, das König Artus und die beiden Könige Ban und Bors veranstalteten, und wie sie über das Meer fuhren.
CHAPTER XII. How eleven kings gathered a great host against King Arthur.
KAPITEL XII. Wie elf Könige ein großes Heer gegen König Artus versammelten.
CHAPTER XIII.
KAPITEL XIII.
Vocabulary
- König
- Male ruler of a kingdom; king
- und
- Connecting two words or clauses; and
- seine
- Possessive pronoun referring to a male; his
- edlen
- Of noble character or high rank; noble
- Ritter
- Armed warrior of medieval nobility; knight
- der
- Definite article or relative pronoun; the
- Tafelrunde
- Famous round table of King Arthur's knights
- von
- Indicating origin or belonging; of, from
- IN
- Preposition indicating location or inclusion; in
- ZWEI
- The number 2; two
- BÄNDEN
- Plural of Band; volumes of a book
- BAND
- One book within a multi-volume set; volume
- Inhalt
- List of topics covered in a book; contents
- ANMERKUNG
- A comment or explanatory note; annotation
- VORWORT
- Introductory text before a book's main content; preface
- VON
- Indicating authorship or origin; by, from
- BUCH
- A written or printed work; book
- KAPITEL
- A division within a book; chapter
- Zunächst
- Indicating what happens first; first of all
- wie
- Used to introduce manner or comparison; how, as
- den
- Accusative definite article masculine; the
- Herzog
- High-ranking nobleman below a king; duke
- Gemahlin
- A man's lawfully wedded female partner; wife, consort
- zu
- Preposition indicating direction or purpose; to
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun for third person; himself, herself
- sie
- Third person pronoun, singular or plural; she, they
- plötzlich
- Happening without warning; suddenly, abruptly
- wieder
- Happening one more time; again
- aufbrachen
- Past tense of aufbrechen; departed, set off
- Wie
- Introducing a subordinate clause about manner; how
- dem
- Dative definite article masculine or neuter; the
- Krieg
- Armed conflict between groups or nations; war
- erklärte
- Past tense of erklären; declared, explained
- er
- Third person singular masculine pronoun; he
- durch
- Preposition indicating means or passage; through, by
- Vermittlung
- Acting as a go-between; mediation, intercession
- bei
- Preposition indicating proximity or occasion; at, with
- Herzogin
- Female holder of a duchy title; duchess
- lag
- Past tense of liegen; lay, was lying
- Von
- Preposition introducing topic or origin; of, about
- Geburt
- The event of being born; birth
- seiner
- Genitive possessive pronoun masculine; his, its
- Erziehung
- Process of raising and educating a child; upbringing
- Vom
- Contraction of von dem; of the, from the
- Tod
- The end of biological life; death
- des
- Genitive definite article masculine or neuter; of the
- Königs
- Genitive form of König; of the king
- zum
- Contraction of zu dem; to the, as the
- gewählt
- Past participle of wählen; elected, chosen
- wurde
- Past tense auxiliary of werden; was, became
- Wundern
- Dative plural of Wunder; wonders, miracles
- Wunderzeichen
- A miraculous sign indicating divine significance; miraculous sign
- eines
- Genitive indefinite article; of a, one
- Schwertes
- Genitive form of Schwert; of the sword
- das
- Definite article neuter or relative pronoun; the, that
- besagter
- Adjective meaning the one mentioned before; said, aforementioned
- aus
- Preposition indicating origin or extraction; out of, from
- einem
- Dative indefinite article masculine or neuter; a, an
- Stein
- Hard natural mineral matter; stone, rock
- zog
- Past tense of ziehen; pulled, drew
- Schwert
- A bladed weapon with a long edge; sword
- mehrmals
- Occurring more than once; several times
- herauszog
- Past tense of herausziehen; pulled out, extracted
- gekrönt
- Past participle of krönen; crowned, made king
- Amtsträger
- A person holding an official position; officeholder
- einsetzte
- Past tense of einsetzen; appointed, installed
- in
- Preposition indicating location or time; in, at
- Pfingsten
- Christian feast celebrated fifty days after Easter; Pentecost
- ein
- Indefinite article or numeral; a, an, one
- großes
- Adjective meaning of great size or importance; great, large
- Fest
- A celebratory gathering or occasion; feast, festival
- abhielt
- Past tense of abhalten; held, organized an event
- welche
- Relative or interrogative pronoun; which, who
- Könige
- Plural of König; kings
- Herren
- Plural of Herr; lords, gentlemen
- seinem
- Dative possessive pronoun masculine or neuter; his, its
- kamen
- Past tense of kommen plural; came, arrived
- ersten
- Ordinal adjective inflected; first
- führte
- Past tense of führen; led, guided
- Schlachtfeld
- A location where a battle is fought; battlefield
- gewann
- Past tense of gewinnen; won, gained victory
- riet
- Past tense of raten; advised, recommended
- herbeirufen
- To call someone to come to a place; to summon
- lassen
- Auxiliary verb meaning to have something done; to let, have
- Rat
- Guidance or recommendation given to someone; advice, counsel
- für
- Preposition indicating purpose or benefit; for
- fassten
- Past tense of fassen; formed, resolved a decision
- großen
- Inflected form of groß; great, large
- Turnier
- A competitive medieval combat event; tournament
- die
- Definite article feminine or plural; the
- beiden
- Referring to two people or things together; both
- veranstalteten
- Past tense of veranstalten; organized, arranged an event
- über
- Preposition indicating position or traversal; over, across
- Meer
- A large body of salt water; sea
- fuhren
- Past tense of fahren plural; traveled, sailed
- elf
- The number 11; eleven
- Heer
- An organized military fighting force; army
- gegen
- Preposition indicating opposition or direction toward; against
- versammelten
- Past tense of versammeln; gathered, assembled together
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