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[1.] wurden (past of absolute verb „werden“), here = were changed or turned to . . .
[III]
Die Hexenburg
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[1.] das Prahóvathal, valley of the Prahova (river), cf. [page 9, note 5].
[2.] Cetatea (pronounce tschetaté, Roumanian, from Latin: civitas, French: cité; Ital.: cittadella), “borough,” “citadel.” Bábeĭ (three syllabic, Roumanian, genit. sing. of Slavic baba) “old woman,” “witch.”
[3.] der Bucegi, cf. [page 4, note 2].
[4.] als spitzer Kegel. Idiom? Comp. auf hohem Felsenkegel, mit goldenem Kern, mit heller Stimme.
[5.] scheint (seems, appears), looks as if.
[6.] die Jipi, cf. [page 9, note 1].