Erec | sô | was | ez | zwelf | huoben | wît | | so | was | it | twelve | hides | in size |
7838 | ez | was | ein | sineweller | stein | | it | was | a | round | rock |
| dâ | niender | bühel | ane | schein | | where | nowhere | unevenness | _ | was seen |
| ebene | sam | er | wære | gedrân | | smooth | as if | it | had been | turned |
7841 | und | ouch | rehte | getân | | and | also | exactly | formed |
| nâch | des | wunsches | werde | | to | _ | desire's | appearance |
| ûf | von | der | erde | | _ | from | the | ground |
7844 | entwahsen | wol | den | mangen | | raised up | well | (beyond) the | catapults |
| den | berc | hete | in | gevangen | | the | hill | _ | _ | enclosed |
| ein | burcmûre | hôch | und | dic | | a | (fortress) wall | high | and | thick |
7847 | ein | ritterlîcher | aneblic | | a | knightly | sight |
| zierte- | -z | hûs | innen | | adorned | the | castle | inside |
| ez | rageten | vür | die | zinnen | | (there) | rode | above | the | battlements |
7850 | türne | von | quâdern | grôz | | towers | of | square blocks | hugh |
| der | vuoge | niht | zesamene | slôz | | the | joints | not | _ | were held together |
| dehein | sandic | phlaster | | (with) any | sandy | mortar |
7853 | si | wâren | gebunden | vaster | | they | were | bound | more firmly |
| mit | îsen | und | mit | blîe | | with | iron (claps) | and | with | lead |
| ie | drîe | unde | drîe | | always | three | and | three |
7856 | nâhen | zesamene | gesat | | closely | _ | set together |
| dâ | enzwischen | was | diu | stat | | there | within | was | the | city |
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