Erec | si | wâren | gebunden | vaster | | they | were | bound | more firmly |
7854 | mit | îsen | und | mit | blîe | | with | iron (claps) | and | with | lead |
| ie | drîe | unde | drîe | | always | three | and | three |
| nâhen | zesamene | gesat | | closely | _ | set together |
7857 | dâ | enzwischen | was | diu | stat | | there | within | was | the | city |
| gezimbers | niht | lære | | (of) buildings | not | empty |
| dâ | sâzen | die | burgære | | there | lived | the | (fortress') inhabitants |
7860 | nâch | grôzer | ir | werdekeit | | inkeeping with | (the) great | (of) it | splendor |
| alsô | was | daz | hûs | zebreit | | also | was | the | castle | spread out |
| mit | den | türnen | nâch | ir | zal | | with | (its) | towers | in | their | number |
7863 | sô | was | ir | drîzec | über | al | | so | was | (of) them | thirty | in | all |
| sus | was | daz | hûs | gevieret | | so | was | the | castle | embellished |
| die | türne | gezieret | | the | towers | decorated |
7866 | obene | mit | goldes | knophen | rôt | | at the top | with | (of) gold | balls | red |
| der | iegelîcher | verre | bôt | | of them | each | far | sent |
| in | daz | lant | sînen | glast | | into | the | land | its | radiance |
7869 | daz | bewîste | den | gast | | that | guided | the | guest |
| dem | dar | ze | varne | geschach | | who | there | _ | traveling | were |
| daz | er | den | schîn | verre | sach | | that | he | the | reflection | from afar | saw |
7872 | und | er | des | hûses | ûf | der | vart | | and | he | the | castle | on | (his) | travel |
| des | tages | niht | verirret | wart | | (during) the | day | not | did miss | _ |
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