Erec | er | en- | -lite | vil | und | genuoc | | he | _ | suffered | greatly | and | enough |
4277 | der | wec | in | zehant | truoc | | the | way | him | now | led |
| in | ein | unkundez | lant | | into | a | strange | land |
| des | herre | was | im | unerkant | | whose | lord | was | (to) him | unknown |
4280 | von | des | selben | manheit | | of | this | same one's | valor |
| uns | ist | geseit | wunder | | (to) us | has | been told | wonders |
| er | was | ein | vil | kurzer | man | | he | was | a | very | short | man |
4283 | mir | en- | -sî | gelogen | dar | an | | (I) | _ | (unless) have | been deceived | _ | about it |
| vil | nâch | getwerges | genôz | | much | like | (a) dwarf's | equal |
| wan | daz | im | harte | grôz | | except | that | (on) him | very | large |
4286 | wâren | arme | unde | bein | | were | (his) legs | and | arms |
| dâ | zuo | den | brüsten | er | schein | | _ | in addition | (in his) | chest | he | was |
| kreftic | unde | dic | genuoc | | powerful | and | broad | enough |
4289 | dar | under | er | ein | herze | truoc | | _ | there under | he | a | heart | carried |
| volleclîche | manhaft | | completely | manly |
| daz | gap | im | ouch | die | kraft | | which | gave | him | also | (his) | strength |
4292 | wan | dâ | stât | ez | allez | an | | for | _ | is based | _ | everything | there on |
| und | wizzet | rehte | wære | ein | man | | and | know | for sure | were | a | man |
| gewahsen | zwelf | klâfter | lanc | | grown | twelve | fathoms | tall |
4295 | und | wære | sîn | herze | kranc | | and | were | his | heart | weak |
| und | ûf | zageheit | geborn | | and | to | cowardice | born |
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