Erec | der | ritter | wære | dehein | vrum | man | | the | knight | was | no | honorable | man |
68 | daz | er | ez | vor | im | vertruoc | | that | he | it | before | him | permitted |
| daz | sîn | getwerc | die | maget | sluoc | | that | his | dwarf | the | maiden | struck |
| er | sprach | ich | wil | rîten | dar | | he | spoke | I | will | ride | there |
71 | daz | ich | iu | diu | mære | ervar | | so that | I | for you | the | information | learn |
| diu | vrouwe | sprach | nû | rît | enwec | | the | lady | spoke | then | ride | off |
| zehant | huop | sich | Êrec | | immediately | set out | _ | Erec |
74 | unz | er | in | sô | nâhen | kam | | until | he | to them | so | close | came |
| daz | daz | getwerc | die | rede | vernam | | that | the | dwarf | (his) | words | could hear |
| muget | ir | wêniger | mir | gesagen | | can | you | little fellow | me | tell |
77 | wes | hânt | ir | die | maget | geslagen | | why | have | you | the | maiden | struck |
| ir | hânt | sêre | missetân | | you | have | very | wrongly behaved |
| ir | soldet- | -z | durch | zuht | lân | | you | should have | it | in the name of | good manners | refrain (from) |
80 | iuwern | herren | sult | ir | mir | nennen | | your | master | must | you | for me | name |
| mîn | vrouwe | wolde | in | erkennen | | my | lady | wants | him | to know |
| und | daz | schœne | magedîn | | and | the | beautiful | maiden |
83 | daz | getwerc | sprach | lâ | dîn | klaffen | sîn | | the | dwarf | spoke | let | your | babbling | be |
| ich | en- | -sage | dir | anders | niht | | I | _ | will tell | you | other | nothing |
| wan | daz | dir | alsam | geschiht | | than | that | to you | likewise | will happen |
86 | waz | wolde | si | der | mære | | why | does want | she | the | information |
| wer | mîn | herre | wære | | who | my | lord | might be |
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