Erec | vil | willeclîchen | was | bereit | | very | willingly | was | prepared (to do battle) |
605 | unz | mir | daz | alter | an | gestreit | | until | over me | _ | old age | _ | won out |
| daz | hât | mir | gar | die | kraft | benomen | | it | has | from me | completely | (my) | strength | robbed |
| nû | ist | ez | uns | ze | staten | komen | | now | has | it | for us | _ | of use | come |
608 | daz | ez | uns | vremder | bete | erlât | | that | it | us | of strangers | (a) request | frees from |
| und | tuot | uns | unwirde | rât | | and | _ | us | (from) disdain | spares |
| ouch | hân | ich | unze | her | | also | have | I | until | now |
611 | beide | schilt | unde | sper | | both | shield | and | lance |
| zesamene | behalten | | _ | kept together |
| des | genâdete | er | dem | alten | | for this | thanked | he | the | old man |
614 | er | bat | im | ez | zeigen | dar | | he | asked | him | it | to show | then |
| durch | daz | er | næme | war | | so | that | he | could tell | _ |
| ob | ez | im | reht | wære | | whether | it | for him | right | was |
617 | ze | enge | noch | ze | swære | | (neithr) too | tight | nor | too | heavy |
| dô | was | ez | behende | unde | guot | | there | was | it | flexible | and | strong |
| des | gewan | er | vil | rîchen | muot | | from this | gained | he | a much | brightened | attitude |
620 | Êrec | fil | de | roi | Lac | | Erec | fil | de | roi | Lac |
| vil | schiere | gienc | ûf | der | tac | | very | quickly | dawned | _ | the | day |
| daz | si | solden | rîten | | when | they | should | ride |
623 | hin | z- | -en | hôchzîten | | there | to | the | festival |
| dô | der | tac | vol | erschein | | when | the | day | fully | appeared |
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