Erec | si | suochten | âventiure | | they | sought | adventure |
8482 | ich | sage | iu | swelh | ritter | guot | | I | will tell | you | whatever | knight | good |
| her | kumt | ûf | den | selben | muot | | here | comes | with | the | same | intention |
| der | suoche | wan | die | porte | | he | should seek | only | the | gate |
8485 | bî | dem | êrsten | worte | | at | (his) | first | word |
| sô | vindet | er | si | offen | stân | | then | will find | he | it | open | standing |
| er | mac | drin | rîten | oder | gân | | he | can | therein | ride | or | walk |
8488 | die | andern | belîbent | hie | vor | | the | others | must remain | _ | outside |
| sô | besliuzet | sich | daz | tor | | then | will shut | by itself | the | gate |
| diu | rede | muoz | sich | scheiden | | the | matter | must | itself | be decided |
8491 | danne | under | in | beiden | | then | between | them | both |
| wan | swaz | ir | dewederm | geschiht | | then | whatever | (of) them | (to) either | happens |
| si- | -ne | hânt | eht | scheidæres | niht | | they | _ | do have | also | (a) referee | not |
8494 | ich- | -n | weiz | wie | ez | nû | ergê | | I | _ | know | how | it | until now | happened |
| wol | ein | halp | jâr | oder | mê | | well | a | half | year | or | more |
| ist | des | daz | im | niemen | kam | | is | it | that | (to) him | no one | came |
8497 | sît | daz | er | den | lîp | benam | | since | that | he | the | lives | took |
| rittern | die | ich | genennen | kan | | (of) knights | whom | I | name | can |
| er | sluoc | benamen | hie | drî | man | | he | slew | indeed | here | three | men |
8500 | sô | man | si | beste | erkande | | as | one | them | (as) the best | recognized |
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