Erec | ein | grâve | vil | unverre | | a | count | very | not far (away) |
6120 | sô | stuont | sîn | wesen | von | dan | | so | was | his | residence | from | there |
| Oringles | hiez | der | rîche | man | | Oringles | was called | the | powerful | man |
| von | Lîmors | geborn | | of | Limors | born |
6123 | den | hâte | got | dar | zuo | erkorn | | whom | had | God | _ | for this | chosen |
| daz | er | si | solde | bewarn | | that | he | her | should | save |
| er | kam | von | sînem | hûs | gevarn | | he | came | from | his | castle | traveling |
6126 | ir | ze | heile | reit | er | durch | den | walt | | (for) her | _ | good fortune | rode | he | through | the | woods |
| nâch | wiu | des | en- | -ist | mir | niht | gezalt | | _ | why | this | _ | has | (to) me | not | been told |
| wan | daz | ich | betrahte | | except | that | I | think |
6129 | in | mînes | herzen | ahte | | in | my | heart's | opinion |
| ez | kam | von | ir | sælikeit | | it | came | from | her | good fortune |
| daz | er | des | tages | ie | ûz | gereit | | that | he | that | day | ever | _ | rode out |
6132 | er | vuorte | mit | im | ritter | genuoc | | he | led | with | him | knights | many |
| von | geschihte | in | truoc | | by | chance | him | led |
| in | den | walt | der | selbe | wec | | into | the | woods | the | same | path |
6135 | der | ritter | Êrec | dâ | | the | knight | Erec | where |
| in | sô | grôzem | kumber | lac | | in | such | great | distress | lay |
| und | sîn | vrouwe | Ênîte | phlac | | and | him | Lady | Enite | watched over |
6138 | dannoch | dô | der | herre | | even | while | the | lord |
| von | in | was | vil | verre | | from | them | was | very | far (away) |
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