Erec | der | Hôhe | bois | sô | hiez | sîn | gewalt | | the | Hohe | bois | so | was called | his | realm |
1939 | nû | sint | iu | die | herzogen | gezalt | | now | have | for you | the | dukes | been enumerated |
| und | die | grâven | über | al | | and | the | counts | _ | inclusive |
| nû | vernemet | ouch | der | künege | zal | | now | hear | also | the | of king's | number |
1942 | ir | wâren | zehene | sô | man | zalt | | of them | were | ten | so | one | tells |
| vünve | junc | und | vünve | alt | | five | young | and | five | old |
| alle | gewaltic | unde | rîch | | all | powerful | and | wealthy |
1945 | besunder | hâten | si | sich | | separately | had | they | themselves |
| gesellet | ritterlîchen | | joined togther | chivalrously |
| die | jungen | z- | -ir | gelîchen | | the | young | with | their | peers |
1948 | die | alten | zuo | den | alten | | the | old | with | the | old |
| diu | mâze | wart | behalten | | _ | proper protocol | was | observed |
| die | jungen | wâren | sô | man | seit | | the | young | were | so | one | says |
1951 | gelîch | geriten | und | gekleit | | alike | mounted | and | dressed |
| die | alten | wâren | rehte | alsam | | the | old | were | exactly | the same |
| z- | -er | mâze | als | ouch | in | gezam | | in | the | proper manner | as | also | for them | was becoming |
1954 | nû | prüeve | ich | iu | der | jungen | wât | | now | (exactly) describe | I | for you | the | young one's | clothes |
| samît | unde | sigelât | | velvet | and | ciclatuon |
| zesamene | geparrieret | | together | mixed |
1957 | enmitten | gezieret | | in the middle | decorated |
| mit | vêhen | gevillen | | with | colorful | furs |
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