Erec | ich | sage | iu | durch | waz | er | kam | | I | shall tell | you | for | what (reason) | he | had come |
182 | mit | sîner | vriundîn | | with | his | lady-friend |
| ez | hete | der | herzoge | Îmâîn | | _ | had | _ | Duke | Imain |
| hôchzît | dâ | vor | zwei | jâr | | (a) festival | there | for the past | two | years |
185 | saget | diu | âventiure | wâr | | if it relates | the | narrative | correctly |
| sô | hete | er | si | dô | z- | -em | dritten | | so | had | he | it | there | for | the | third time |
| an | eine | wise | enmitten | | in | a | meadow | in the middle of |
188 | hete | er | hôhe | an | eine | stat | | had | he | high | on | a | place |
| einen | sparwære | ûf | gesat | | a | sparrow-hawk | _ | set up |
| ûf | eine | stange | silberîn | | on | a | perch | of silver |
191 | diz | muoste | jærlîche | sîn | | this | was | annually | to be held |
| ze | vreuden | sîner | lantdiet | | for the | entertainment | of his | people |
| von | der | rede | er | niemen | schiet | | according to | the | story | he | no one | excluded |
194 | niuwan | daz | gelîche | | it was nothing other | than that | in like manner |
197 | durch | schœne | handelunge | | because of | wonderful | treatment |
| ze | sîner | vreude | kæmen | | to | his | festivities | came |
| swenne | si- | -z | vernæmen | | whenever | they | (about) it | heard |
200 | swes | vriundinne | den | strît | | whoever's | lady-friend | the | contest |
| behielte | ze | sîner | hôchzît | | won | at | his | festival |
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