Erec | die | mîn | ouge | ie | gesach | | that | my | eyes | ever | beheld |
4092 | vremde | oder | kunde | | unknown | or | known |
| vervluochet | sî | diu | stunde | | cursed | be | the | hour |
| daz | ich | hînaht | entslief | | (when) that | I | tonight | fell asleep |
4095 | nâch | den | rossen | er | dô | rief | | for | the | horses | he | then | called |
| er | sprach | swer | sîne | sache | | he | spoke | whoever | his | affairs |
| wendet | gar | ze | gemache | | turns | completely | to | comfort |
4098 | als | ich | hînaht | hân | getân | | as | I | tonight | have | done |
| dem | sol | êre | abe | gân | | this one | must | honor | _ | lose |
| unde | schande | sîn | bereit | | and | (for) shame | be | prepared |
4101 | wer | gewan | ie | vrumen | âne | arbeit | | whoever | gained | ever | anything of value | without | hardship |
| mir | ist | geschehen | vil | rehte | | (to) me | (it) has | happened | most | justly |
| nû | kâmen | ouch | die | knehte | | now | came | also | the | squires |
4104 | mit | den | rossen | geriten | | with | the | horses | ridding up |
| dô | en- | -wart | niht | langer | gebiten | | then | _ | was (it) | no | longer | delayed |
| wol | ûf | ir | herren | sprach | er | | _ | onward | (my) | lords | spoke | he |
4107 | niuwan | schilt | unde | sper | | only | shields | and | lances |
| hâten | si | ze | wer | genomen | | had | they | as | weapons | taken |
| daz | was | von | ir | gæhe | komen | | this | had | because of | their | haste | come (about) |
4110 | dô | begunde | ûf | gân | der | tac | | then | began | _ | to dawn | the | day |
| daz | si | den | huofslac | | (so) that | they | the | hoof prints |
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