Note 4 — Section 185. REBECCA DESCRIBES THE SIEGE OF TORQUILSTONE TO THE WOUNDED IVANHOE. III.
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[1] = for the sake of (um ... willen) the holy Virgin.
[2] mit schwacher Stimme.
[3] then — eagerness = but cried immediately (gleich darauf) with joyful surprise.
[4] Doch.
[5] gepriesen.
[6] to be on foot, auf den Beinen sein.
[7] as — arm = as if (als ob) his arm possessed (Impf. Subj. App. § 33) the strength of 20 men.
[8] to snatch a thing from a person, einem etwas entrei´ßen, insep. comp. str. v. tr.; a yeoman, ein Freisasse, m. Comp. App. § 5; ‘axe’, here = battle-axe, Streitaxt, f.
[9] ‘to press’, here weiter zurück´drängen, sep. comp. w. v. tr.; with blow on blow, mit jedem Schlage.
[10] = wood-cutter.
[11] Leute.
[12] He rushed to my rescue, er eilte mir zu Hülfe.
[13] Der Tempelherr war Brian de Bois-Guilbert. Comp. S. 183, N. 1.
[14] = hero; to pause = to stop fighting, mit dem Fechten in´nezuhalten.
[15] ‘within the walls’ may be briefly rendered by hinein.
[16] = taken, ein´nehmen, sep. comp. irreg. v. tr.; turn ‘barriers’ by Verschanzungen; have they not? nicht wahr?
[17] Ja—ja!
[18] here bedrängen; hard, heftig; upon, auf, with Dat.
[19] to plant ladders, Leitern an die Mauer stellen.
[20] = of the others.
[21] down go, es werden ... herniedergeworfen. Comp. S. 104, N. 19.
[22] and — rear = and as soon as (so wie) the wounded are carried away (hinweg´tragen). Comp. S. 2, N. 1.
[23] = other combatants (Streiter). He supplied my place in the assault of the castle, er nahm meine Stelle bei der Erstürmung des Schlosses wieder ein.
[24] Say ‘hast thou created men (S. 134, N. 9) after thy own image (Bild, n.)’.
[25] entstellen, insep. comp. w. v.; Use the Pres. Subj. of the Passive voice, and comp. App. §§ 29 and 35.
[26] by = through, durch; the hands = the hand.