Erec | dem | wirte | was | diu | arbeit | | for the | host | was | this | hardship |
425 | die | er | von | grôzer | armuot | leit | | that | he | because of | great | poverty | suffered |
| dâ | wider | süeze | als | ein | mete | | _ | in contrast | sweet | as | _ | mead |
| dâ | engegen | und | im | diu | schame | tete | | _ | in comparison with what | _ | him | the | shame | caused |
428 | der | alte | wirt | hiez | Koralus | | the | old | host | was named | Koralus |
| und | diu | hûsvrouwe | sus | | and | the | wife | thus |
431 | ir | tohter | Ênîte | | their | daughter | Enite |
| swen | dise | edeln | armen | | whomever | these | noble | poor (people) |
| niht | wolden | erbarmen | | nothing | would have | moved to pity |
434 | der | was | herter | dan | ein | stein | | this person | was | harder | than | _ | stone |
| der | juncvrouwen | œheim | | the | young lady's | uncle |
| was | der | herzoge | Îmâîn | | was | the | Duke | Imain |
437 | des | diu | hôchzît | solde | sîn | | through whom | the | festival | was | to take place |
| der | herre | von | dem | lande | | the | lord | of | the | country |
| ir | geburt | was | âne | schande | | her | birth | was | without | disgrace |
440 | nû | sagen | wir | ouch | dâ | bî | | now | will say | we | also | _ | thereby |
| von | wiu | diu | rede | erhaben | sî | | _ | why | the | narrative | begun | was |
| dô | daz | pherit | was | begangen | | when | the | horse | had been | cared for |
443 | nû | en- | -lât | iuch | niht | belangen | | now | _ | let | you | nothing | concern |
| sprach | der | wirt | z- | -em | gaste | | spoke | the | host | to | the | guest |
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