Erec | als | ein | unverzageter | man | | like | an | undaunted | man |
8426 | des | herze | doch | vil | stæte | was | | whose | heart | indeed | most | steadfast | was |
| und | vester | dan | der | adamas | | and | harder | than | (a) | diamond |
| von | dem | man | selhe | kraft | seit | | to | which | one | such | power | ascribes |
8429 | unde | würde | der | geleit | | and (if) | were | it | placed |
| zwischen | zwein | bergen | stehelîn | | between | two | mountains | (of) steel |
| wie | möhte- | -z | wunder | grœzer | sîn | | how | could | a | wonder | greater | be |
8432 | die | zemüele | er | kleine | | them | would grind | it | small |
| ê | man | ez | dem | steine | | before | one | it | (on) the | stone |
| iender | möhte | erkiesen | an | | anywhere | would | notice | _ |
8435 | dannoch | hâte | dirre | man | | however | had | this | man |
| ze | knehtheit | stæteren | muot | | for | knighthood | a more steadfast | resolve |
| dâ | von | daz | einer | slahte | bluot | | _ | because | _ | a | (certain) kind | of blood |
8438 | disen | stein | geweichen | mac | | this | stone | soften | can |
| sô | -ne | kunde | âne | des | tôdes | slac | | thus | _ | could | except (for) | _ | death's | blow |
| niht | sînen | muot | betwingen | | nothing | his | heart | defeat |
8441 | noch | ûf | zageheit | bringen | | nor | to | cowardice | turn |
| der | rede | begunde | er | lachen | | (at these) | words | began | he | to laugh |
| er | sprach | von | swelhen | sachen | | he | spoke | about | such | matters |
8444 | ich | niht | vrâgen | getar | | (about which) I | not | (to) ask | would dare |
| die | sint | ouch | ze | griulîch | gar | | they | are | indeed | too | horrible | entirely |
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