Erec | nû | was | ouch | briutennes | zît | | now | was | also | for the weddng | time |
1888 | wan | ez | wære | in | beiden | liep | getân | | for | it | would | to them | both | agreeable | be |
| nû | en- | -wolde | in | des | niht | erlân | | now | _ | would | them | for this | nothing | permit |
| der | tugenthafte | Artûs | | the | virtuous | Arthur |
1891 | er | en- | -brûte | in | sînem | hûs | | (unless) he | _ | celebrated the nuptuals | at | his | castle |
| ze | vreuden | sînem | lande | | for the | enjoyment | of his | people |
| zehant | er | ûz | sande | | immediately | he | _ | sent out |
1894 | swar | er | mohte | gereichen | | wherever | he | could | reach |
| brieve | und | wortzeichen | | letters | and | messages |
| daz | im | die | vürsten | kæmen | | that | he | the | princes | should come |
1897 | und | alle | die- | -z | vernæmen | | and | all | who | (about) it | heard |
| von | allen | landen | wîten | | from | all | lands | far and wide |
| ze | sînen | hôchzîten | | to | his | festivities |
1900 | diu | brûtlouft | wart | gesprochen | | the | wedding | was | fixed |
| in | der | phingestwochen | | for | the | week of Penticost |
| nû | nenne | ich | iu | die | grâven | gar | | now | will name | I | for you | the | counts | all |
1903 | unde | ouch | der | vürsten | schar | | and | also | (of) the | princes' | company |
| diu | zuo | den | hôchzîten | kam | | who | to | the | festivities | came |
| dâ | Êrec | vroun | Ênîten | nam | | when | Erec | Lady | Enite | took (as his bride) |
1906 | ez | wâren | rîche | geste | | they | were | mighty | guests |
| grâve | Brandes | von | Doleceste | | Count | Brandes | from | Doleceste |
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