Question

Er trug stets derbe hohe Stiefel, die in der Knöchelgegend zwei Falten hatten; in den Schäften waren sie steif und geradlinig, als ob ein Holzbein drinnen stäke.

Accepted Answer

As he had been for a time accustomed to wear nightcaps, his handkerchief would not keep down over his ears, so that his hair in the morning was all tumbled pell-mell about his face and whitened with the feathers of the pillow, whose strings came untied during the night.

Front	Er trug stets derbe hohe Stiefel, die in der Knöchelgegend zwei Falten hatten; in den Schäften waren sie steif und geradlinig, als ob ein Holzbein drinnen stäke.
Back	As he had been for a time accustomed to wear nightcaps, his handkerchief would not keep down over his ears, so that his hair in the morning was all tumbled pell-mell about his face and whitened with the feathers of the pillow, whose strings came untied during the night.

Er Trug Stets Derbe Hohe Stiefel Die Der