Erec | diz | was | sîn | meistiu | arbeit | | this | was | his | greatest | exercise |
2947 | sô | was | der | imbîz | bereit | | then | was | the | meal | ready |
| swie | schiere | man | die | tische | ûf | zôch | | as | quickly (as) | one | the | tables | _ | put up |
| mit | sînem | wîbe | er | dô | vlôch | | with | his | wife | he | then | fled |
2950 | ze | bette | von | den | liuten | | to | bed | (away) from | the | people |
| dâ | huop | sich | aber | triuten | | there | began | _ | again | (the) love-making |
| von | danne | kam | er | aber | nie | | from | there | left | he | again | not |
2953 | unz | er | ze | naht | ze | tische | gie | | until | he | in | (the) evening | to | (the) table | went |
| dô | Êrec | fil | de | roi | Lac | | although | Erec | fil | de | roi | Lac |
| ritterschefte | sich | bewac | | knightly deeds | himself | did not practice |
2956 | der | tugende | er | dannoch | wielt | | of the | virtues | he | nevertheless | possessed |
| dâ | er | sich | schône | an | behielt | | (which) there | he | (himself) | well | _ | retained |
| swie | er | deheinen | turnei | suochte | | although | he | no | tournaments | sought out |
2959 | daz | er | doch | beruochte | | that | he | nevertheless | took care |
| sîne | gesellen | alle | gelîche | | (for) his | companions | all | alike |
| daz | si | vil | volleclîche | | that | they | most | fully |
2962 | von | in | selben | mohten | varn | | by | them- | -selves | could | travel |
| er | hiez | si | alsô | wol | bewarn | | he | ordered | them | so | well | to be provided for |
| als | ob | er | selbe | mit | in | rite | | as | if | he | himself | with | them | rode |
2965 | ich | lobe | an | im | den | selben | site | | I | praise | _ | him | for | this | behavior |
| Êrec | wente | sînen | lîp | | Erec | accustomed | his | life |
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