Erec | unde | gap | sîn | lant | | and | gave | his | land |
2920 | in | ir | beider | gewalt | | into | of their | both | rule |
| daz | er | ze | künege | wære | gezalt | | so that | he | among | kings | would be | counted |
| und | daz | si | wære | künegîn | | and | that | she | would be | queen |
2923 | er | hiez | si | beide | gewaltic | sîn | | he | bade | them | both | powerful | to be |
| Êrec | was | biderbe | unde | guot | | Erec | was | upright | and | good |
| ritterlîche | stuont | sîn | muot | | noble | was | his | spirit |
2926 | ê | er | wîp | genæme | | before | he | (a) wife | took |
| und | hin | heim | kæme | | and | back | home | came |
| nû | sô | er | heim | komen | ist | | now | that | he | home | come | had |
2929 | dô | kêrte | er | allen | sînen | list | | then | turned | he | all | his | attention |
| an | vrouwen | Ênîten | minne | | to | (of) Lady | Enite | (the) love |
| sich | vlizzen | sîne | sinne | | _ | were devoted | his | thoughts |
2932 | wie | er | alle | sîne | sache | | how | he | all | his | affairs |
| wante | zuo | gemache | | might turn | to | comfort |
| sîn | site | er | wandeln | began | | his | bahavior | he | to change | began |
2935 | als | er | nie | würde | der | man | | as if | he | never | had become | (a) | man |
| alsô | vertreip | er | den | tac | | so | spent | he | the | day |
| des | morgens | er | nider | lac | | in the | morning | he | _ | lay (down in bed) |
2938 | daz | er | sîn | wîp | trûte | | (and) | he | his | wife | made love to |
| unz | daz | man | messe | lûte | | until | (that) | one | Mass | rang |
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