Erec | den | list | ze | disen | zîten | kan | | the | cleverness | at | this | time | know |
8750 | dâ | mite | diz | was | getân | | _ | with what | this | was | done |
| man | sach | ein | wolken | dr- | -umbe | gân | | one | saw | a | cloud | _ | around it | going |
| dâ | niemen | durch | mohte | komen | | _ | no one | through which | could | pass |
8753 | wan | als | ir | habet | dâ | vernomen | | except | as | you | have | there | heard |
| nû | reit | der | wirt | selbe | vor | in | | now | rode | the | host | himself | ahead of | him |
| gegen | dem | boumgarten | hin | | towards | the | park | _ |
8756 | daz | er | in | wîste | an | die | stat | | (so) that | he | him | could direct | to | (that) | place |
| zuo | dem | ritter | als | Êrec | bat | | to | the | knight | as | Erec | had requested |
| ze | dem | verholnen | bürgetor | | to | the | hidden | gate |
8759 | hie | beleip | daz | volc | allez | vor | | here | remained | the | people | all | before it |
| âne | vrouwen | Ênîten | | except for | Lady | Enite |
| ouch | muoste | mite | rîten | | also | was allowed | _ | to ride with (them) |
8762 | Guivreiz | der | herre | | Guivreiz | the | Lord |
| ir | menige | wart | niht | merre | | of them | (the) company | was | not | greater |
| niuwan | dise | viere | | than | these | four |
8765 | nû | kâmen | si | vil | schiere | | now | came | they | very | quickly (therein) |
| daz | si | daz | begunden | ane | sehen | | (so) that | they | (of) that | began | _ | to catch sight |
| des | si | von | schulden | muosten | jehen | | (of) which | they | _ | quite rightly | had | to admit |
8768 | ez | wære | ein | seltsæne | dinc | | it | was | a | strange | affair |
| hie | was | gestalt | ein | wîter | rinc | | here | was | set up | a | wide | ring |
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