Erec | die | hâte | got | an | in | geleit | | these | had | God | to | him | given |
2440 | dise | tjost | hete | er | genomen | | these | jousts | had | he | undertaken |
| ê | ieman | wære | ze | velde | komen | | before | anyone | had | to | (the) field | come |
| wan | si | was | genuoc | vruo | | for | it | was | enough | early |
2443 | doch | riten | si | enmitten | zuo | | but (now) | rode | they | by that time | _ |
| von | ietwederem | teile | | from | every | side |
| ze | grôzem | sînem | heile | | to | great | his | glory |
2446 | menneclîch | diu | ros | sach | | everyone | the | horses | saw |
| dâ | er | die | ritter | abe | stach | | there where | he | the | knights | _ | unseated had |
| dô | si | dâ | liefen | hin | und | her | | where | they | there | ran | hither | and | thither |
2449 | si | sprâchen | alle | jâ | herre | wer | | they | spoke | all | indeed | lord | who |
| disiu | ros | erlediget | hân | mac | | these | horses | set free | have | could |
| ez | hât | benamen | Êrec | getân | | it | has | surely | Erec | done |
2452 | vil | wol | wart | er | geprîset | dâ | | very | well | was | he | praised | there |
| nû | huop | sich | ouch | sâ | | now | began | _ | also | at once |
| vil | rîch | diu | vespereide | | very | splendidly | the | versper tournament |
2455 | enmitten | ûf | der | heide | | in the middle | of | the | heath |
| des | wart | vil | guot | diu | ritterschaft | | in this | were | very | good | the | knights |
| daz | ietwederhalp | ir | kraft | | (in) that | on each side | their | strength |
2458 | wac | vol | gelîche | | weighted | very much | alike |
| dô | wart | ritterlîche | | there | was | knightly |
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