Erec | hete | er | in | ze | hove | brâht | | (if) | he | him | to (the) | court | brought |
4630 | daz | er | danne | wolde | sagen | | that | he | then | would | claim |
| er | hete | im | die | wunden | geslagen | | (that) he | had | him | the | wound | dealt |
| und | er | solde | gevangen | sîn | | and | he | should | (a) prisoner | be |
4633 | dar | an | wart | volleclîche | schîn | | _ | from this | was (it) | quite | clear |
| daz | diu | werlt | nie | gewan | | that | the | world | never | had |
| deheinen | seltsænern | man | | a | stranger | man |
4636 | sîn | herze | was | gevieret | | his | heart | was | divided into four parts |
| etewenne | gezieret | | sometimes | adorned |
| mit | vil | grôzen | triuwen | | with | very | great | loyalty |
4639 | und | daz | in | begunde | riuwen | | and (such) | that | (he) | _ | regreted |
| allez | daz | er | unz | her | ie | | everything | that | he | until | this point | ever |
| ze | unrehte | begie | | for | (an) injustice | had committed |
4642 | alsô | daz | er | vor | valsche | was | | so | that | he | of | deceit | was |
| lûter | sam | ein | spiegelglas | | clear | as | a | mirror |
| und | daz | er | sich | huote | | and | that | he | himself | guarded |
4645 | mit | werken | und | mit | muote | | with | deeds | and | with | thoughts |
| daz | er | immer | missetæte | | that | he | always | did wrong |
| des | was | er | unstæte | | hence | was | he | inconstant |
4648 | wan | dar | nâch | kam | im | der | tac | | because | _ | there after | would come | (to) him | the | day |
| daz | er | deheiner | triuwen | phlac | | that | he | no | loyalty | practiced |
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