Erec | dar | nâch | si | gemâzet | sint | | _ | against which | they | properly compared | are |
1879 | danne | dâ | ein | sunder | kint | | than when | there | a | forlorn | child |
| sich | nâch | sîner | muoter | sent | | who | for | its | mother | longs |
| diu | ez | guotes | hât | gewent | | who | it | to goodness | is | accustomed |
1882 | sô | si | im | ir | gruoz | diutet | | when | she | it | her | greetings | gives |
| und | im | die | hende | biutet | | and | it | (her) | hands | holds |
| vor | dem | dâ | von | im | leit | geschiht | | _ | before that | _ | from which | to it | harm | happens |
1885 | untiurre | en- | -gerten | si | des | niht | | indifferently | _ | longed | they | of this | not |
| des | si | doch | gewunnen | sît | | (of) which | they | yet | obtained | later |
| nû | was | ouch | briutennes | zît | | now | was | also | for the weddng | time |
1888 | wan | ez | wære | in | beiden | liep | getân | | for | it | would | to them | both | agreeable | be |
| nû | en- | -wolde | in | des | niht | erlân | | now | _ | would | them | for this | nothing | permit |
| der | tugenthafte | Artûs | | the | virtuous | Arthur |
1891 | er | en- | -brûte | in | sînem | hûs | | (unless) he | _ | celebrated the nuptuals | at | his | castle |
| ze | vreuden | sînem | lande | | for the | enjoyment | of his | people |
| zehant | er | ûz | sande | | immediately | he | _ | sent out |
1894 | swar | er | mohte | gereichen | | wherever | he | could | reach |
| brieve | und | wortzeichen | | letters | and | messages |
| daz | im | die | vürsten | kæmen | | that | he | the | princes | should come |
1897 | und | alle | die- | -z | vernæmen | | and | all | who | (about) it | heard |
| von | allen | landen | wîten | | from | all | lands | far and wide |
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