Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 — Page 6
How King Pellinore rode after the lady and the knight that led her away, and how a lady desired help of him, and how he fought with two knights for that lady, of whom he slew the one at the first stroke.
Wie König Pellinore der Dame und dem Ritter nachritt, der sie fortführte, und wie eine Dame seine Hilfe begehrte, und wie er für diese Dame mit zwei Rittern kämpfte, von denen er den einen beim ersten Hieb erschlug.
CHAPTER XIII. How King Pellinore gat the lady and brought her to Camelot to the court of King Arthur.
KAPITEL XIII. Wie König Pellinore die Dame gewann und sie nach Camelot an den Hof von König Artus brachte.
CHAPTER XIV. How on the way he heard two knights, as he lay by night in a valley, and of their adventures.
KAPITEL XIV. Wie er unterwegs zwei Ritter vernahm, als er nachts in einem Tal lag, und von ihren Abenteuern.
CHAPTER XV. How when he was come to Camelot he was sworn upon a book to tell the truth of his quest.
KAPITEL XV. Wie er, als er nach Camelot gekommen war, auf ein Buch geschworen wurde, die Wahrheit über seine Suche zu berichten.
BOOK IV.
BUCH IV.
CHAPTER I. How Merlin was assotted and doted on one of the ladies of the lake, and how he was shut in a rock under a stone and there died.
KAPITEL I. Wie Merlin von einer der Damen des Sees betört und vernarrt war, und wie er in einem Felsen unter einem Stein eingeschlossen wurde und dort starb.
CHAPTER II. How five kings came into this land to war against King Arthur, and what counsel Arthur had against them.
KAPITEL II. Wie fünf Könige in dieses Land kamen, um gegen König Artus Krieg zu führen, und welchen Rat Artus gegen sie hatte.
CHAPTER III. How King Arthur had ado with them and overthrew them, and slew the five kings and made the remnant to flee.
KAPITEL III. Wie König Artus mit ihnen zu tun hatte und sie überwältigte, und die fünf Könige erschlug und den Rest zur Flucht zwang.
CHAPTER IV. How the battle was finished or he came, and how King Arthur founded an abbey where the battle was.
KAPITEL IV. Wie die Schlacht beendet war, bevor er kam, und wie König Artus eine Abtei an der Stelle der Schlacht gründete.
CHAPTER V. How Sir Tor was made knight of the Round Table, and how Bagdemagus was displeased.
KAPITEL V. Wie Sir Tor zum Ritter der Tafelrunde gemacht wurde, und wie Bagdemagus darüber unzufrieden war.
CHAPTER VI. How King Arthur, King Uriens, and Sir Accolon of Gaul, chased an hart, and of their marvellous adventures.
KAPITEL VI. Wie König Artus, König Uriens und Sir Accolon von Gallien einen Hirsch jagten, und von ihren wundersamen Abenteuern.
CHAPTER VII.
KAPITEL VII.
Vocabulary
- Wie
- How; introduces manner or comparison
- König
- King; male monarch or ruler
- der
- The; definite article, masculine or genitive
- Dame
- Lady; woman of rank or nobility
- und
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- dem
- The; dative definite article form
- Ritter
- Knight; armored warrior of medieval nobility
- nachritt
- Rode after; past tense of nachreiten
- sie
- She, her, or they; personal pronoun
- fortführte
- Led away; past tense of fortführen
- wie
- How, as, like; conjunction or adverb
- eine
- A, an; indefinite article, feminine form
- seine
- His; possessive pronoun, masculine third person
- Hilfe
- Help, aid; assistance given to someone
- begehrte
- Desired, requested; past tense of begehren
- er
- He; third person singular masculine pronoun
- für
- For; preposition indicating purpose or behalf
- diese
- This, these; demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- zwei
- Two; the cardinal number 2
- Rittern
- Knights; dative plural of Ritter
- kämpfte
- Fought; past tense of kämpfen
- von
- From, of, by; common German preposition
- denen
- Whom, which; relative or demonstrative pronoun, dative plural
- den
- The; accusative definite article, masculine
- einen
- One; accusative indefinite article or numeral
- beim
- At the, by the; contraction of bei dem
- ersten
- First; ordinal number, inflected form
- Hieb
- Blow, stroke; a single strike in combat
- erschlug
- Slew, struck dead; past tense of erschlagen
- KAPITEL
- Chapter; division of a book or text
- die
- The; definite article, feminine or plural
- gewann
- Won, gained; past tense of gewinnen
- nach
- To, after, according to; versatile preposition
- an
- At, on, to; preposition of position or direction
- Hof
- Court, yard; royal court or courtyard
- brachte
- Brought; past tense of bringen
- unterwegs
- On the way, en route; traveling somewhere
- vernahm
- Heard, perceived; past tense of vernehmen
- als
- When, as, than; conjunction of time or comparison
- nachts
- At night; adverb indicating nighttime occurrence
- in
- In, inside; preposition of location or time
- einem
- A, an; dative indefinite article form
- Tal
- Valley; low land between hills or mountains
- lag
- Lay, was located; past tense of liegen
- ihren
- Their, her; accusative possessive pronoun form
- Abenteuern
- Adventures; dative plural of Abenteuer
- gekommen
- Come, arrived; past participle of kommen
- war
- Was; past tense of sein (to be)
- auf
- On, upon, onto; preposition of position or direction
- ein
- A, an, one; indefinite article or numeral
- Buch
- Book; written or printed bound publication
- geschworen
- Sworn; past participle of schwören
- wurde
- Was, became; past tense of werden
- Wahrheit
- Truth; that which is true or accurate
- über
- Over, about, above; preposition with multiple meanings
- Suche
- Search, quest; act of looking for something
- zu
- To, too, at; preposition or infinitive marker
- berichten
- To report, to tell; infinitive of berichten
- BUCH
- Book; major division of a larger literary work
- einer
- One, a; genitive or dative feminine indefinite article
- Damen
- Ladies; plural or genitive of Dame
- des
- Of the; genitive definite article, masculine/neuter
- Sees
- Of the lake; genitive of See (lake)
- betört
- Bewitched, infatuated; past participle of betören
- vernarrt
- Besotted, infatuated; deeply foolishly in love
- Felsen
- Rock, cliff; large mass of stone
- unter
- Under, beneath, among; preposition of position
- Stein
- Stone, rock; hard mineral material
- eingeschlossen
- Enclosed, locked in; past participle of einschließen
- dort
- There; adverb indicating a place away
- starb
- Died; past tense of sterben
- fünf
- Five; the cardinal number 5
- Könige
- Kings; plural of König
- dieses
- This; demonstrative pronoun, genitive or neuter form
- Land
- Land, country; territory or nation
- kamen
- Came; past tense plural of kommen
- um
- Around, at, in order to; preposition or conjunction
- gegen
- Against, toward; preposition of opposition or direction
- Krieg
- War; armed conflict between nations or groups
- führen
- To lead, to conduct, to wage; infinitive of führen
- welchen
- Which, what; interrogative or relative pronoun, accusative
- Rat
- Advice, counsel; guidance offered to someone
- hatte
- Had; past tense of haben
- ihnen
- Them; dative personal pronoun, third person plural
- tun
- To do; basic infinitive of action
- überwältigte
- Overwhelmed, overpowered; past tense of überwältigen
- Rest
- Rest, remainder; what is left over
- zur
- To the; contraction of zu der
- Flucht
- Flight, escape; act of fleeing from danger
- zwang
- Forced, compelled; past tense of zwingen
- Schlacht
- Battle; large-scale armed military engagement
- beendet
- Ended, finished; past participle of beenden
- bevor
- Before; conjunction indicating prior time
- kam
- Came; past tense singular of kommen
- Abtei
- Abbey; monastery or convent with an abbot
- Stelle
- Place, spot, position; a specific location
- gründete
- Founded, established; past tense of gründen
- zum
- To the; contraction of zu dem
- Tafelrunde
- Round Table; King Arthur's legendary knightly fellowship
- gemacht
- Made, done; past participle of machen
- darüber
- About it, over it; adverb referring to topic
- unzufrieden
- Dissatisfied, displeased; not content with something
- Hirsch
- Stag, deer; male deer in the wild
- jagten
- Hunted, chased; past tense plural of jagen
- wundersamen
- Wondrous, miraculous; inflected form of wundersam
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