Erec | ir | wâren | zehene | sô | man | zalt | | of them | were | ten | so | one | tells |
1943 | vünve | junc | und | vünve | alt | | five | young | and | five | old |
| alle | gewaltic | unde | rîch | | all | powerful | and | wealthy |
| besunder | hâten | si | sich | | separately | had | they | themselves |
1946 | gesellet | ritterlîchen | | joined togther | chivalrously |
| die | jungen | z- | -ir | gelîchen | | the | young | with | their | peers |
| die | alten | zuo | den | alten | | the | old | with | the | old |
1949 | diu | mâze | wart | behalten | | _ | proper protocol | was | observed |
| die | jungen | wâren | sô | man | seit | | the | young | were | so | one | says |
| gelîch | geriten | und | gekleit | | alike | mounted | and | dressed |
1952 | 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 |
| nû | prüeve | ich | iu | der | jungen | wât | | now | (exactly) describe | I | for you | the | young one's | clothes |
1955 | samît | unde | sigelât | | velvet | and | ciclatuon |
| zesamene | geparrieret | | together | mixed |
| enmitten | gezieret | | in the middle | decorated |
1958 | mit | vêhen | gevillen | | with | colorful | furs |
| vil | rehte | nâch | ir | willen | | _ | exactly | according to | their | tastes |
| ze | enge | noch | ze | wît | gesniten | | (neither) too | narrow | nor | too | broad | tailored |
1961 | diu | ros | diu | die | jungen | riten | | the | horses | which | the | young one's | rode |
| garwe | swarz | sam | ein | raben | | completely | black | just as | a | raven |
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