| mantelteilend | unifying? |
| lediglich | merely |
| der Schutzheilige | patron saint |
| der Trunkenbold | the drunkard |
| unzählig | countless |
| bestimmt | decided |
| bisher | until now |
| heidnisch | pagan |
| begleitet | accompanied |
| galt | applied |
| das Altertum | the antiquity |
| das Mittelalter | the middle ages |
| getilgt | paid |
| ausschweifend | excessively |
| löschend | destructive |
| nüchtern | sober |
| versuchen | to attempt |
| das Geklapper | the clapping noise |
| überspielen | to play down |
| bejahen | to accept |
| wich | gave way |
| ausweichen | avoiding |
| fürchten | to dread |
| das Vorhaben | the intention |
| lächerlich | ridiculous |
| ab•bringen | to dissuade |