Erec | dô | hâte | er | sæliclîche | | then | had | he | (with) good fortune |
10038 | in | manegem | lande | daz | bejaget | | in | many | lands | that | gained |
| als | uns | diu | wârheit | von | im | saget | | as | (to) us | the | true story | about | him | tells |
| daz | niemens | lop | stuont | sô | hô | | that | no one's | praise | stood | so | high |
10041 | under | den | die | eht | lebeten | dô | | above | those | who | also | lived | then |
| von | manlîcher | getât | | in | manly | deeds |
| an | sînem | lobe | daz | stât | | (to) | his | praise | that | belongs |
10044 | daz | er | genant | wære | | that | he | called | was |
| Êrec | der | wunderære | | Erec | the | Worker of Wonders |
| ez | was | eht | sô | umbe | in | gewant | | it | was | truly | so | about | him | constituted |
10047 | daz | wîten | über | elliu | lant | | that | far | over | all | lands |
| was | sîn | wesen | und | sîn | schîn | | was | his | presence | and | his | aura |
| sprechet | ir | wie | mohte | daz | sîn | | ask | you | how | can | that | be |
10050 | waz | von | diu | schein | der | lîp | nû | dâ | | (how) | _ | the | radiance (was) | (from) his | body | now | there |
| sô | was | sîn | lop | anderswâ | | yet | was | his | praise | elsewhere |
| alsô | was | sîn | diu | werlt | vol | | so | was | (of) him | the | world | full |
10053 | man | sprach | eht | niemen | dô | sô | wol | | one | spoke | truly | (of) no one | there | so | well |
| als | in | got | heim | gesande | | when | him | God | home | sent |
| ze | vreuden | sînem | lande | | to | (the) joy | (of) his | land |
10056 | gebôt | er | ein | hôchzît | | ordered | he | a | celebration |
| daz | vor- | -des | noch | sît | | which (neither) | _ | before | nor | since |
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