Erec | daz | was | der | künec | Jernîs | | (one) | was | the | King | Jernis |
2075 | von | Riel | biderbe | unde | wîs | | of | Riel | honest | and | wise |
| der | brâhte | mit | im | dar | | who | brought | with | him | there |
| eine | lobelîche | schar | | a | praiseworthy | company |
2078 | driu | hundert | gesellen | | (of) three | hundred | men |
| der | alter | hœret | zellen | | (about) their | age | hear | tell |
| in | was | daz | houbet | gar | | on them | was | the | head | completely |
2081 | und | der | bart | snêvar | | and | the | beard | snow-white |
| nider | gewahsen | alsô | tief | | _ | grown down | so | long |
| daz | er | in | ûf | die | gürtel | swief | | that | it | them | to | (their) | belts | swung |
2084 | der | aller | jungest | daz | ist | wâr | | the | very | youngest | this | is | true |
| der | hete | vierzic | und | hundert | jâr | | (he) | was | forty | and | one hundred | years (old) |
| nû | vernemet | waz | ir | mêre | sî | | now | hear | what | of them | more | are |
2087 | der | getwerge | künec | Bîlêî | | (of) the | dwarfs | king | Bilei |
| und | sîn | bruoder | Brîans | genant | | and | his | brother | Brians | by name |
| Antipodes | hiez | ir | lant | | Antipodes | was called | their | land |
2090 | ez | en- | -wurden | einer | muoter | kint | | (there) | never | were | of one | mother | children |
| die | bruoder | geheizen | sint | | who | brothers | called | are |
| nie | ungelîcher | danne | sî | | never | more unlike | than | they |
2093 | Brîans | und | Bîlêî | | Brians | and | Bilei |
| uns | saget | daz | wâre | mære | | us | tells | the | true | account |
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