Erec | ê | ieman | wære | ze | velde | komen | | before | anyone | had | to | (the) field | come |
2442 | wan | si | was | genuoc | vruo | | for | it | was | enough | early |
| doch | riten | si | enmitten | zuo | | but (now) | rode | they | by that time | _ |
| von | ietwederem | teile | | from | every | side |
2445 | ze | grôzem | sînem | heile | | to | great | his | glory |
| menneclîch | diu | ros | sach | | everyone | the | horses | saw |
| dâ | er | die | ritter | abe | stach | | there where | he | the | knights | _ | unseated had |
2448 | dô | si | dâ | liefen | hin | und | her | | where | they | there | ran | hither | and | thither |
| si | sprâchen | alle | jâ | herre | wer | | they | spoke | all | indeed | lord | who |
| disiu | ros | erlediget | hân | mac | | these | horses | set free | have | could |
2451 | ez | hât | benamen | Êrec | getân | | it | has | surely | Erec | done |
| vil | wol | wart | er | geprîset | dâ | | very | well | was | he | praised | there |
| nû | huop | sich | ouch | sâ | | now | began | _ | also | at once |
2454 | vil | rîch | diu | vespereide | | very | splendidly | the | versper tournament |
| enmitten | ûf | der | heide | | in the middle | of | the | heath |
| des | wart | vil | guot | diu | ritterschaft | | in this | were | very | good | the | knights |
2457 | daz | ietwederhalp | ir | kraft | | (in) that | on each side | their | strength |
| wac | vol | gelîche | | weighted | very much | alike |
| dô | wart | ritterlîche | | there | was | knightly |
2460 | genuoc | getjostieret | | enough | jousting |
| und | wol | gepunieret | | and | fine | charging |
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