Erec | daz | si | diu | schœniste | wære | | that | she | the | most beautiful | was |
203 | diu | næme | den | sparwære | | this one | received | the | sparrow-hawk |
| den | hete | der | ritter | genomen | | this | had | the | knight | taken |
| zwir | ouch | was | er | komen | | twice | thus | had | he | come |
206 | daz | er | in | z- | -em | dritten | næme | | so that | he | it | for | the | third time | would take |
| und | ob | ez | alsô | kæme | | and | if | it | thus | happened |
| sô | hete | er | in | immer | mêre | | then | had | he | it | ever | more |
209 | âne | strît | mit | voller | êre | | without | contests | with | full | honor |
| nû | sagete | man | daz | mære | | now | told | people | the | story |
| daz | dâ | manec | wîp | schœner | wære | | that | there | many | women | more beautiful | were |
212 | dan | des | ritters | vriundîn | | than | the | knight's | lady-friend |
| dô | was | sîn | vrümekeit | dar | an | schîn | | (but) there | was | his | valor | _ | there on | visible |
| er | was | alsô | vorhtsam | | he | was | so | fearsome |
215 | daz | er | in | mit | gewalte | nam | | that | he | it | with | force | could take |
| in | getorste | dâ | nieman | bestân | | him | dared | there | no one | to oppose |
| strîtes | wart | er | gar | erlân | | from challenge | was | he | completely | spared |
218 | nû | en- | -weste | Êrec | niht | | now | _ | knew | Erec | nothing |
| umbe | dise | geschiht | | about | this | situation |
| wan | daz | er | im | durch | sîn | leit | | except | that | he | him | because of | his | insult |
221 | ûf | âventiure | nâch | reit | | on | adventure | _ | rode after |
| nû | begunde | sîgen | der | tac | | now | began | to sink | the | day |
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