Erec | herre | mîn | daz | sol | wesen | | Lord | my | that | shall | be |
3278 | sprach | diu | vil | guote | | spoke | the | very | noble (one) |
| wan | ez | si | niht | muote | | for | it | her | not | did distress |
| vil | wîplîchen | si | dô | leit | | very | womanly | she | then | accepted |
3281 | dise | ungelernet | arbeit | | this | unaccustomed | task |
| und | dar | zuo | swaz | ir | geschach | | and | _ | in addition | whatever | to her | happened |
| an | ir | herzen | ungemach | | in the way of | to her | heart | sorrow |
3284 | der | rosse | si | sich | underwant | | the | horses | she | _ | took charge of |
| die | zoume | nam | si | in | ir | hant | | the | reins | took | she | in | her | hand |
| und | reit | vor | an | den | wec | | and | rode ahead | _ | on | the | way |
3287 | diz | gebôt | Êrec | | this | commanded | Erec |
| der | pherde | si | dô | phlac | | the | horses | she | then | cared for |
| dar | nâch | als | ein | vrouwe | mac | | _ | after this | as well as | a | lady | could |
3290 | baz | si | en- | -kunde | | better | she | not | could do |
| sâ | zuo | der | stunde | | immediately | at | the | time |
| kûme | eine | wîle | | hardly | (any) | time |
3293 | niuwan | drî | mîle | | no more than | three | miles |
| riten | sî | beide | | had ridden | they | both |
| ê | daz | ir | aber | leide | | before | that | to her | again | sorrow |
3296 | von | sorgen | geschach | | because of | worry | happened |
| wan | si | vor | ir | ligen | sach | | for | she | before | her | lying (in wait) | saw |
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