Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 — Page 8
How Sir Marhaus, Sir Gawaine, and Sir Uwaine met three damosels, and each of them took one.
Wie Sir Marhaus, Sir Gawaine und Sir Uwaine drei Edelfräulein trafen und jeder von ihnen eines nahm.
CHAPTER XX. How a knight and a dwarf strove for a lady.
KAPITEL XX. Wie ein Ritter und ein Zwerg um eine Dame stritten.
CHAPTER XXI. How King Pelleas suffered himself to be taken prisoner because he would have a sight of his lady, and how Sir Gawaine promised him to get to him the love of his lady.
KAPITEL XXI. Wie König Pelleas sich gefangen nehmen ließ, weil er seine Dame sehen wollte, und wie Sir Gawaine ihm versprach, ihm die Liebe seiner Dame zu gewinnen.
CHAPTER XXII. How Sir Gawaine came to the Lady Ettard, and how Sir Pelleas found them sleeping.
KAPITEL XXII. Wie Sir Gawaine zur Lady Ettard kam und wie Sir Pelleas sie schlafend vorfand.
CHAPTER XXIII. How Sir Pelleas loved no more Ettard by means of the Damosel of the Lake, whom he loved ever after.
KAPITEL XXIII. Wie Sir Pelleas Ettard nicht mehr liebte, dank der Edeldame vom See, die er fortan liebte.
CHAPTER XXIV. How Sir Marhaus rode with the damosel, and how he came to the Duke of the South Marches.
KAPITEL XXIV. Wie Sir Marhaus mit dem Edelfräulein ritt und wie er zum Herzog der südlichen Marken kam.
CHAPTER XXV. How Sir Marhaus fought with the duke and his four sons and made them to yield them.
KAPITEL XXV. Wie Sir Marhaus mit dem Herzog und seinen vier Söhnen kämpfte und sie zur Übergabe zwang.
CHAPTER XXVI. How Sir Uwaine rode with the damosel of sixty year of age, and how he gat the prize at tourneying.
KAPITEL XXVI. Wie Sir Uwaine mit dem sechzigjährigen Edelfräulein ritt und wie er den Preis beim Turnier gewann.
CHAPTER XXVII. How Sir Uwaine fought with two knights and overcame them.
KAPITEL XXVII. Wie Sir Uwaine mit zwei Rittern kämpfte und sie besiegte.
CHAPTER XXVIII. How at the year's end all three knights with their three damosels met at the fountain.
KAPITEL XXVIII. Wie am Jahresende alle drei Ritter mit ihren drei Edelfräulein am Brunnen zusammentrafen.
BOOK V.
BUCH V.
CHAPTER I. How twelve aged ambassadors of Rome came to King Arthur to demand truage for Britain.
KAPITEL I. Wie zwölf betagte Botschafter Roms zu König Artus kamen, um Tribut für Britannien zu fordern.
CHAPTER II. How the kings and lords promised to King Arthur aid and help against the Romans.
KAPITEL II. Wie die Könige und Herren König Artus Beistand und Hilfe gegen die Römer versprachen.
CHAPTER III.
KAPITEL III.
Vocabulary
- Wie
- How; introduces a comparison or manner
- Sir
- Sir; honorific title for a knight
- und
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- drei
- Three; the number 3
- Edelfräulein
- Noble maidens; highborn young women of rank
- trafen
- Met; past tense of treffen, to meet
- jeder
- Each; every one of a group
- von
- Of, from; common German preposition
- ihnen
- Them; third-person plural dative pronoun
- eines
- One; indefinite article or numeral in genitive
- nahm
- Took; past tense of nehmen, to take
- KAPITEL
- Chapter; a major division of a book
- ein
- A, an; indefinite article or number one
- Ritter
- Knight; armored warrior of noble rank
- Zwerg
- Dwarf; a very small person or creature
- um
- About, around, for; versatile preposition
- eine
- A, an; feminine indefinite article
- Dame
- Lady; a woman of noble or high rank
- stritten
- Quarreled, fought; past tense of streiten
- König
- King; male monarch of a kingdom
- sich
- Himself, herself, itself; reflexive pronoun
- gefangen
- Captured; past participle of fangen, to catch
- nehmen
- To take; common German infinitive verb
- ließ
- Let, allowed; past tense of lassen
- weil
- Because; subordinating causal conjunction
- er
- He; third-person masculine singular pronoun
- seine
- His; masculine possessive pronoun
- sehen
- To see; common German infinitive verb
- wollte
- Wanted; past tense of wollen, to want
- wie
- How, as, like; comparison or manner word
- ihm
- Him; third-person masculine dative pronoun
- versprach
- Promised; past tense of versprechen
- die
- The; definite article for feminine or plural
- Liebe
- Love; deep affection or romantic feeling
- seiner
- His; genitive form of possessive pronoun sein
- zu
- To, at, too; very common German preposition
- gewinnen
- To win, to gain; achieve victory or reward
- zur
- To the; contraction of zu and der
- kam
- Came; past tense of kommen, to come
- sie
- She, they, her; third-person pronoun
- schlafend
- Sleeping; present participle of schlafen
- vorfand
- Found, encountered; past tense of vorfinden
- nicht
- Not; standard German negation word
- mehr
- More, anymore; indicates increase or continuation
- liebte
- Loved; past tense of lieben, to love
- dank
- Thanks to; preposition expressing cause or credit
- der
- The; definite article for masculine or genitive
- Edeldame
- Noblewoman; a woman of aristocratic rank
- vom
- From the; contraction of von and dem
- See
- Lake, sea; body of water
- fortan
- From now on, henceforth; from that point forward
- mit
- With; common German preposition
- dem
- The; dative definite article for masculine/neuter
- ritt
- Rode; past tense of reiten, to ride a horse
- zum
- To the; contraction of zu and dem
- Herzog
- Duke; a high-ranking nobleman below a king
- südlichen
- Southern; adjective describing southern location
- Marken
- Marches, borderlands; frontier or border regions
- seinen
- His; accusative masculine possessive pronoun
- vier
- Four; the number 4
- Söhnen
- Sons; male children, dative plural
- kämpfte
- Fought; past tense of kämpfen, to fight
- Übergabe
- Surrender, handover; act of giving something over
- zwang
- Forced; past tense of zwingen, to compel
- sechzigjährigen
- Sixty-year-old; adjective for a person aged sixty
- den
- The; accusative definite article for masculine
- Preis
- Prize, price; reward won or cost of something
- beim
- At the; contraction of bei and dem
- Turnier
- Tournament; a competitive knightly contest
- gewann
- Won; past tense of gewinnen, to win
- zwei
- Two; the number 2
- Rittern
- Knights; dative plural of Ritter
- besiegte
- Defeated; past tense of besiegen, to defeat
- am
- At the, on the; contraction of an and dem
- Jahresende
- End of the year; the close of a calendar year
- alle
- All, everyone; refers to an entire group
- ihren
- Their; accusative feminine possessive pronoun
- Brunnen
- Well, fountain; a source of water
- zusammentrafen
- Met together; past tense of zusammentreffen
- BUCH
- Book; a major division of a longer literary work
- zwölf
- Twelve; the number 12
- betagte
- Aged, elderly; adjective describing older persons
- Botschafter
- Ambassador; official diplomatic representative
- Roms
- Of Rome; genitive form of Rom
- kamen
- Came; past tense plural of kommen, to come
- Tribut
- Tribute; payment demanded by a ruling power
- für
- For; common German preposition
- Britannien
- Britain; the island nation of Great Britain
- fordern
- To demand, to request; to claim something formally
- Könige
- Kings; plural of König, male monarchs
- Herren
- Lords, gentlemen; plural of Herr
- Beistand
- Support, assistance; help given in difficult times
- Hilfe
- Help, aid; assistance given to someone in need
- gegen
- Against; preposition indicating opposition
- Römer
- Romans; people from ancient or modern Rome
- versprachen
- Promised; past tense plural of versprechen
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