Erec| | ich | sage | iu | wie | ez | dar | was | komen | | I | will tell | you | how | it | there | had | come |
| 7395 | ez | hete | der | wirt | selbe | genomen | | it | had | the | host | himself | taken |
| | einem | wilden | getwerge | | (from) a | wild | dwarf |
| | vor | einem | holen | berge | | in front of | a | hollow | mountain |
| 7398 | dô | er | nâch | sîner | gewonheit | | when | he | as (was) | his | custom |
| | ze | walde | nâch | âventiure | reit | | in (the) | woods | seeking | adventure | rode |
| | ez | hâte | ez | vil | vaste | | he | had | it | very | tightly |
| 7401 | gebunden | z- | -einem | aste | | tied | to | a | branch |
| | dô | was | ez | gegangen | dan | | than | had | he | left | from there |
| | alsô | vant | ez | dirre | man | | so | found | it | this | one |
| 7404 | abe | dem | aste | er | ez | nam | | from | the | branch | he | it | took |
| | als | daz | getwerc | wider | kam | | when | the | dwarf | _ | returned |
| | und | ez | daz | pherit | nie- | -ne | vant | | and | he | the | horse | not | _ | did find |
| 7407 | an | dem | boume | dar- | -z | ez | bant | | at | the | tree | where | he | it | had tied |
| | grôz | was | sîn | ungemach | | great | was | his | distress |
| | und | als | ez | daz | pherit | ersach | | and | when | he | the | horse | caught sight of |
| 7410 | in | vremder | gewalt | | in | (a) stranger's | possession |
| | dô | wart | vil | manecvalt | | then | were | very | manifold |
| | sîn | schrîen | und | sîn | weinen | | his | loud wailing | and | his | crying |
| 7413 | und | begunde | wol | bescheinen | | and | _ | clearly | demonstrated |
| | des | pherdes | güete | | the | horse's | value |
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