Erec | des | muoste | gewarten | | (for) this | was | to be ready |
8668 | der | künec | Îvreins | von | Brandigân | | _ | King | Ivreins | of | Brandigan |
| ouch | en- | -wolden | hinder | im | niht | bestân | | also | _ | wanted | behind | him | not | to remain |
8671 | diu | burc | beleip | liute | lære | | the | castle | remained | (of) people | empty |
| âne | die | trûrigen | schar | | except for | the | sad | company |
| diu | beleip | dar | ûfe | gar | | who | remained | _ | (up) there | all |
8674 | wan | den | was | sô | leide | geschehen | | for | (to) them | had | so (much) | suffering | happened |
| daz | si | des | niht | wolden | sehen | | that | they | (of) this | nothing | wanted | to see |
| daz | si | beswârte | mêre | | which | them | would trouble | further |
8677 | von | al | ir | herzesêre | | of | all | their | heart-felt misery |
| was | doch | diz | ir | meistiu | nôt | | was | yet | this | their | greatest | sorrow |
| daz | ir | niht | ruochte | der | tôt | | that | them | not | did deign (to take) | _ | death |
8680 | nû | wâren | die | gazzen | in | der | stat | | now | were | the | streets | in | the | town |
| und | diu | dach | gar | besat | | and | the | rooftops | completely | crowded |
| von | den | liuten | die | des | biten | | with | the | people | who | (for) this | waited |
8683 | wenne | er | kæme | geriten | | when | he | came | riding (by) |
| enmitten | reit | Êrec | | meanwhile | rode | Erec |
| nider | jenen | burcwec | | down | the | castle road |
8686 | der | in | z- | -em | boumgarten | truoc | | which | him | to | the | park | led |
| nû | hôrte | er | untrôstes | genuoc | | now | heard | he | (of) discouragement | plenty |
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