Erec | ein | krücke | was | sîn | stiure | | a | crutch | was | his | support |
291 | der | dâ | saz | in | dem | gemiure | | who | there | sat | in | the | ruins |
| diz | was | Êrecke | leit | | this | was | to Erec | disappointing |
| wan | er | vorhte | die | gewonheit | | for | he | feared | the | usual |
294 | er | solde | in | ûz | getriben | hân | | he | would | him | _ | drive away | _ |
| als | im | vor | was | getân | | just as | to him | _ | had | happened before |
| daz | pherit | er | ze | stete | bant | | the | horse | he | _ | at once | tethered |
297 | dar | ûf | leite | er | sîn | gewant | | _ | on it | laid | he | his | cloak |
| sîn | hende | habete | er | vür | sich | | his | hands | held | he | in front of | himself |
| einem | wol | gezogenem | manne | gelich | | a | well- | -bred | man | like |
300 | und | gienc | dâ | er | den | alten | sach | | and | went | where | he | the | old man | saw |
| mit | zwîvel | er | zuo | im | sprach | | with | uncertainty | he | to | him | spoke |
| herre | mir | wære | herberge | nôt | | sir | for me | is | lodging | necessary |
303 | diu | bete | machete | in | schamerôt | | the | request | made | him | blush |
| als | in | der | alte | hete | vernomen | | when | him | the | old man | _ | heard |
| er | sprach | nû | sît | mir | willekomen | | he | spoke | now | (you) are | _ | welcome |
306 | ze | dem | und | ich | nû | haben | mac | | to | it | and | I | now | have | might |
| des | gnâdete | im | Êrec | fil | de | roi | Lac | | for this | thanked | him | Erec | fil | de | roi | Lac |
| nû | hete | er | ingesindes | | now | had | he | for his household |
309 | niuwan | eines | kindes | | only | one | child |
| diu | was | ein | diu | schœniste | maget | | who | was | one | of the | most beautiful | maidens |
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