Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 — Page 12
How the brother of the knight that was slain met with Beaumains, and fought with Beaumains till he was yielden.
Wie der Bruder des erschlagenen Ritters auf Beaumains traf und mit Beaumains kämpfte, bis er sich ergab.
CHAPTER IX. How the damosel again rebuked Beaumains, and would not suffer him to sit at her table, but called him kitchen boy.
KAPITEL IX. Wie die Jungfrau Beaumains erneut tadelte und es nicht zuließ, dass er an ihrem Tisch saß, sondern ihn Küchenjunge nannte.
CHAPTER X. How the third brother, called the Red Knight, jousted and fought against Beaumains, and how Beaumains overcame him.
KAPITEL X. Wie der dritte Bruder, genannt der Rote Ritter, gegen Beaumains im Turnier antrat und kämpfte, und wie Beaumains ihn überwand.
CHAPTER XI. How Sir Beaumains suffered great rebukes of the damosel, and he suffered it patiently.
KAPITEL XI. Wie Sir Beaumains große Schmähungen der Jungfrau erduldete und dies geduldig ertrug.
CHAPTER XII. How Beaumains fought with Sir Persant of Inde, and made him to be yielden.
KAPITEL XII. Wie Beaumains mit Sir Persant von Inde kämpfte und ihn zur Übergabe zwang.
CHAPTER XIII. Of the goodly communication between Sir Persant and Beaumains, and how he told him that his name was Sir Gareth.
KAPITEL XIII. Von dem freundlichen Gespräch zwischen Sir Persant und Beaumains, und wie er ihm mitteilte, dass sein Name Sir Gareth sei.
CHAPTER XIV. How the lady that was besieged had word from her sister how she had brought a knight to fight for her, and what battles he had achieved.
KAPITEL XIV. Wie die belagerte Dame von ihrer Schwester Nachricht erhielt, dass diese einen Ritter gebracht habe, um für sie zu kämpfen, und welche Kämpfe er bestanden hatte.
CHAPTER XV. How the damosel and Beaumains came to the siege; and came to a sycamore tree, and there Beaumains blew a horn, and then the Knight of the Red Launds came to fight with him.
KAPITEL XV. Wie die Jungfrau und Beaumains zur Belagerung kamen; und zu einer Platane gelangten, und dort Beaumains ein Horn blies, und dann der Ritter der Roten Felder kam, um mit ihm zu kämpfen.
CHAPTER XVI. How the two knights met together, and of their talking, and how they began their battle.
KAPITEL XVI. Wie die zwei Ritter zusammentrafen, von ihrem Gespräch, und wie sie ihren Kampf begannen.
CHAPTER XVII. How after long fighting Beaumains overcame the knight and would have slain him, but at the request of the lords he saved his life, and made him to yield him to the lady.
KAPITEL XVII. Wie Beaumains nach langem Kampf den Ritter überwand und ihn hätte erschlagen wollen, doch auf Bitten der Herren sein Leben verschonte und ihn zwang, sich der Dame zu ergeben.
CHAPTER XVIII.
KAPITEL XVIII.
Vocabulary
- Wie
- How; used to introduce manner or comparison
- der
- The; definite article, masculine nominative singular
- Bruder
- Brother; male sibling
- des
- Of the; genitive definite article masculine/neuter
- erschlagenen
- Slain; killed by a blow, genitive adjective form
- Ritters
- Of the knight; genitive singular of Ritter
- auf
- On, upon; preposition indicating position or direction
- traf
- Met, encountered; past tense of treffen
- und
- And; coordinating conjunction linking words or clauses
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- kämpfte
- Fought; past tense of kämpfen, to fight
- bis
- Until; conjunction or preposition indicating a time limit
- er
- He; third-person masculine singular pronoun
- sich
- Himself/herself/itself; reflexive pronoun
- ergab
- Surrendered; past tense of ergeben, to yield
- KAPITEL
- Chapter; numbered division of a book
- die
- The; definite article feminine or plural
- Jungfrau
- Maiden, virgin; young unmarried woman
- erneut
- Again, once more; adverb indicating repetition
- tadelte
- Scolded, rebuked; past tense of tadeln
- es
- It; third-person neuter singular pronoun
- nicht
- Not; negation adverb
- zuließ
- Permitted, allowed; past tense of zulassen
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- an
- At, on; preposition indicating position or proximity
- ihrem
- Her, their; dative possessive pronoun
- Tisch
- Table; piece of furniture with a flat surface
- saß
- Sat; past tense of sitzen, to sit
- sondern
- But rather; corrective conjunction contrasting two ideas
- ihn
- Him; accusative form of the pronoun er
- Küchenjunge
- Kitchen boy; young male servant working in kitchen
- nannte
- Called, named; past tense of nennen
- dritte
- Third; ordinal number following second
- genannt
- Called, named; past participle of nennen
- Rote
- Red; adjective describing color, inflected form
- Ritter
- Knight; medieval armored warrior of noble rank
- gegen
- Against; preposition indicating opposition or direction
- im
- In the; contraction of in dem
- Turnier
- Tournament; medieval competitive combat event
- antrat
- Entered, competed; past tense of antreten
- wie
- How, as; conjunction or interrogative adverb
- überwand
- Overcame, defeated; past tense of überwinden
- große
- Great, large; adjective in inflected form
- Schmähungen
- Insults, slurs; offensive or degrading verbal attacks
- erduldete
- Endured, tolerated; past tense of erdulden
- dies
- This; demonstrative pronoun referring to something nearby
- geduldig
- Patiently; adverb describing calm endurance
- ertrug
- Bore, endured; past tense of ertragen
- von
- Of, from; preposition indicating origin or possession
- zur
- To the; contraction of zu der
- Übergabe
- Surrender, handover; act of yielding to another
- zwang
- Forced, compelled; past tense of zwingen
- Von
- Of, from; preposition indicating origin or topic
- dem
- The; dative definite article masculine/neuter
- freundlichen
- Friendly, pleasant; adjective in inflected form
- Gespräch
- Conversation, talk; spoken exchange between people
- zwischen
- Between; preposition indicating a middle position
- ihm
- Him, it; dative form of the pronoun er
- mitteilte
- Informed, communicated; past tense of mitteilen
- sein
- His; possessive pronoun, or to be as infinitive
- Name
- Name; word by which a person is known
- sei
- Be; subjunctive form of sein, expressing reported speech
- belagerte
- Besieged; past tense of belagern, to lay siege
- Dame
- Lady, dame; noblewoman or woman of high standing
- ihrer
- Her, their; genitive/dative possessive pronoun
- Schwester
- Sister; female sibling
- Nachricht
- Message, news; piece of communicated information
- erhielt
- Received; past tense of erhalten
- diese
- This, these; demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- einen
- A, one; indefinite article masculine accusative
- gebracht
- Brought; past participle of bringen
- habe
- Have; subjunctive form of haben, used in reported speech
- um
- In order to, around; preposition or conjunction
- für
- For; preposition indicating purpose or beneficiary
- sie
- She, her, they, them; pronoun varying by context
- zu
- To, too; preposition or infinitive particle
- kämpfen
- To fight; infinitive form of the verb kämpfen
- welche
- Which, what; relative or interrogative pronoun
- Kämpfe
- Fights, battles; plural of Kampf
- bestanden
- Passed, endured; past participle of bestehen
- hatte
- Had; past tense of haben
- Belagerung
- Siege; military surrounding of a fortified place
- kamen
- Came; past tense plural of kommen
- einer
- A, one; indefinite article or pronoun, dative feminine
- Platane
- Plane tree; large deciduous tree with broad leaves
- gelangten
- Reached, arrived; past tense plural of gelangen
- dort
- There; adverb indicating a specific location
- ein
- A, one; indefinite article or numeral
- Horn
- Horn; wind instrument or animal horn used for signaling
- blies
- Blew; past tense of blasen, to blow
- dann
- Then; adverb indicating time sequence
- Roten
- Red; adjective in dative/accusative inflected form
- Felder
- Fields; plural of Feld, open land areas
- kam
- Came; past tense singular of kommen
- zwei
- Two; the cardinal number 2
- zusammentrafen
- Met, encountered each other; past tense of zusammentreffen
- ihren
- Their, her; accusative possessive pronoun
- Kampf
- Fight, battle; confrontation or struggle
- begannen
- Began; past tense plural of beginnen
- nach
- After, to; preposition indicating time or direction
- langem
- Long; adjective in dative inflected form
- den
- The; accusative definite article masculine
- hätte
- Would have; past subjunctive of haben
- erschlagen
- Slain, struck dead; past participle of erschlagen
- wollen
- To want; modal verb expressing desire or intention
- doch
- Yet, however, but; concessive or contrastive particle
- Bitten
- Pleas, requests; plural of Bitte
- Herren
- Lords, gentlemen; plural of Herr
- Leben
- Life; existence or way of living
- verschonte
- Spared; past tense of verschonen, to spare someone
- ergeben
- Surrendered; past participle of ergeben, to yield
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