Erec | sô | wære | er | verzaget | dô | | so | would have | he | become a coward | then |
8696 | diz | vernam | er | vür | ein | spil | | this | took | he | as | _ | unimportant |
| und | en- | -ahte- | -z | lützel | noch | vil | | and | _ | paid attention | (to) it | (neither) little | nor | much |
| ob | uns | daz | buoch | niht | liuget | | if | (to) us | the | book | not | does lie |
8699 | sô | was | alsô | erziuget | | so | was | so | made |
| der | selbe | boumgarte | | (this) | same | park |
| daz | es | uns | mac | wundern | harte | | that | it | us | may | wonder | greatly |
8702 | witzige | unde | tumbe | | wise | and | unwise |
| ich | sage | iu | daz | dar | umbe | | I | will tell | you | that | _ | around it |
| weder | mûre | noch | grabe | en- | -gie | | neither | (a) wall | nor | (a) moat | _ | went |
8705 | noch | in | dehein | zûn | umbevie | | nor | it | any | fence | surrounded |
| weder | wazzer | noch | hac | | neither | water | nor | hedge |
| noch | iht | daz | man | begrîfen | mac | | nor | anything | that | one | grasp | might |
8708 | dâ | gienc | alumbe | ein | eben | ban | | there | went | all around | a | level | path |
| und | en- | -kunde | doch | dehein | man | | and | _ | could | yet | no | one |
| dar | in | gân | noch | gerîten | | _ | therein | walk | nor | ride |
8711 | niuwan | ze | einer | sîten | | except | on | one | side |
| an | einer | vil | verholnen | stat | | at | a | very | hidden | place |
| dâ | gienc | ein | engez | phat | | there | went | a | narrow | path |
8714 | daz | en- | -weste | der | liute | niht | vil | | that | _ | knew | (of) the | people | not | many |
| swer | ouch | zuo | dem | selben | zil | | whoever | nevertheless | at | the | same | place |
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