Erec | wer | in | durch | sîne | vrümekeit | | who | him | out of | his | goodness |
230 | des | nahtes | næme | in | sîne | phlege | | (for) the | night | might take | in | his | care |
| nû | vant | er | an | dem | wege | | now | found | he | along | the | way |
| von | den | liuten | grôzen | schal | | of | _ | of people | (a) great | throng |
233 | diu | hiuser | wâren | über | al | | the | houses | were | over | all |
| beherberget | vaste | | booked | full |
| der | sich | sîn | ze | gaste | | who | _ | him | as | guest |
236 | wolde | underwinden | | would | lodge |
| den | kunde | er | niender | vinden | | any one | could | he | nowhere | find |
| ouch | was | er | habelôs | dâ | gar | | moreover | was | he | without means | there | completely |
239 | er | en- | -hete | sich | niht | gewarnet | dar | | he | _ | had | for himself | nothing | prepared | there |
| wan | in | kam | diu | reise | gâhes | an | | because | upon him | came | the | trip | unexpectedly | _ |
| als | ich | iu | dâ | vor | gesaget | han | | just as | I | you | _ | before | told | _ |
242 | er | en- | -hete | dâ | niht | mêre | | he | _ | had | there | nothing | more |
| daz | bekumberte | in | dô | sêre | | this | concerned | him | there | greatly |
| wan | daz | pherit | und | sîn | gewant | | than | his | horse | and | his | clothes |
245 | ouch | was | er | dâ | unerkant | | also | was | he | there | unknown |
| daz | im | niemen | zuo | sprach | | so that | to him | no one | _ | spoke |
| noch | ze | guote | ane | sach | | nor | _ | kindly | _ | looked at |
248 | die | gazzen | wâren | spils | vol | | the | streets | were | of merrymaking | full |
| als | ez | ze | hôchzîten | sol | | just as | it | at a | festival | should be |
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