Erec | daz | ich | sô | iht | gevar | | that | I | so | not | act |
8353 | daz | ich | dise | vreudenlôse | schar | | that | I | (to) this | joyless | company |
| iht | mêre | mit | mînem | wîbe | | at all | increase | with | my | wife |
| sô | daz | ich | iht | belîbe | | so | that | I | perhaps | remain (dead) |
8356 | hie | heten | die | geste | beide | | here | had | the | guests | two |
| vil | swære | ougenweide | | (a) very | painful | sight |
| wan | in | tete | der | vrouwen | swære | wê | | for | them | caused | the | ladies' | sorrow | pain |
8359 | nû | ist | zît | daz | man | gê | | now | is (it) | time | that | one | takes leave |
| der | wirt | vuorte | si | ezzen | | the | host | led | them | to dine |
| nû | en- | -wart | dâ | niht | vergezzen | | now | _ | was | there | nothing | forgotten |
8362 | si | en- | -heten | alles | des | die | kraft | | they | _ | had | all | (of) this | (an) | abundance |
| daz | man | dâ | heizet | wirtschaft | | that | one | then | called | hospitality |
| nû | hânt | si | vol | gezzen | | now (when) | had | they | finished | eating |
8365 | und | sint | dar | nâch | gesezzen | | and | were | _ | afterwards | sitting (together) |
| und | redeten | aller | hande | | and | speaking | (of) all | (sorts of) matters |
| der | künec | von | dem | lande | | the | king | of | the | land |
8368 | vrâgte | si | ob | iht | mære | | asked | them | if | anything | (of) news |
| ûf | ir | wege | wære | | on | their | journey | had happened |
| dô | sageten | im | die | geste | | then | told | him | the | guests |
8371 | swaz | ietweder | weste | | what | each | knew |
| daz | doch | sagebære | geschach | | that | indeed | worthy telling | had happened |
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