Erec | er | sagete | der | boumgarte | | he | said | (about) the | park |
8469 | der | wære | gevestent | harte | | it | was | fortified | strongly |
| und | swie | er | wære | umbegeben | | and | how | it | was | enclosed |
| dar | in | en- | -dorfte | niemen | streben | | _ | therein | _ | dare | no one | enter |
8472 | dem | ze | ihte | mære | | (for) whom | of | any | value |
| lîp | und | êre | wære | | life | and | honor | were |
| er | sprach | dâ | wonet | inne | | he | said | _ | lives | therein |
8475 | mit | sîner | vriundinne | | with | his | lady-friend |
| ein | ritter | sô | manhaft | | a | knight | so | manly |
| daz | eht | er | mit | sîner | kraft | | that | actually | he | with | his (own) | strength |
8478 | alle | die | erslagen | hât | | all | those | slain | has |
| die | des | niht | wolden | haben | rât | | who | about this | nothing | would | take | advice |
| von | tumbes | herzen | stiure | | (because) of | (a) foolish | heart's | insistance |
8481 | si | suochten | âventiure | | they | sought | adventure |
| ich | sage | iu | swelh | ritter | guot | | I | will tell | you | whatever | knight | good |
| her | kumt | ûf | den | selben | muot | | here | comes | with | the | same | intention |
8484 | der | suoche | wan | die | porte | | he | should seek | only | the | gate |
| bî | dem | êrsten | worte | | at | (his) | first | word |
| sô | vindet | er | si | offen | stân | | then | will find | he | it | open | standing |
8487 | er | mac | drin | rîten | oder | gân | | he | can | therein | ride | or | walk |
| die | andern | belîbent | hie | vor | | the | others | must remain | _ | outside |
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