Erec| | die | bruoder | geheizen | sint | | who | brothers | called | are |
| 2092 | nie | ungelîcher | danne | sî | | never | more unlike | than | they |
| | Brîans | und | Bîlêî | | Brians | and | Bilei |
| | uns | saget | daz | wâre | mære | | us | tells | the | true | account |
| 2095 | daz | Brîans | langer | wære | | that | Brians | taller | was |
| | dan | iemen | bî | sînen | zîten | | than | anyone | in | his | time |
| | in | allen | landen | wîten | | in | all | lands | far and wide |
| 2098 | anderhalbe | spanne | | one and one half | spans |
| | sô | saget | man | uns | danne | | yet | tells | one | us | then |
| | daz | dehein | getwerc | en- | -wære | noch | sî | | that | no | dwarf | _ | was | nor | is |
| 2101 | kurzer | danne | Bîlêî | | shorter | than | Bilei |
| | swes | im | an | wahsenne | gebrast | | whatever | to him | in | size | was lacking |
| | daz | hete | der | wênige | gast | | that | had | the | little | guest |
| 2104 | vol | an | dem | muote | | full | in | _ | spirit |
| | ouch | en- | -vant | man | an | dem | guote | | nor | _ | found | one | concerning | (his) | wealth |
| | niht | vil | sînen | ebenrîchen | | not | many | of his | equal in wealth |
| 2107 | er | kam | dar | hêrlîchen | | he | came | there | in splendor |
| | sîn | geselleschaft | was | grôz | | his | retinue | was | large |
| | er | brâhte | dar | zwêne | sîne | genôz | | he | brought | there | two | of his | peers |
| 2110 | ouch | herren | über | getwerge | lant | | also | lords | over | dwarf | lands |
| | die | wâren | alsô | genant | | they | were | thus | named |
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