Erec| | nû | muget | ir | hœren | mære | | now | can | you | hear | news |
| 397 | wer | dirre | alte | wære | | who | this | old man | was |
| | daz | er | den | gast | sô | wol | emphie | | that | he | the | guest | so | well | received |
| | und | er- | -s | niht | durch | sîn | armuot | lie | | and | he | it | not | because of | his | poverty | left |
| 400 | er | hete | dâ | vor | gehabet | ê | | he | had | _ | once | had | earlier |
| | guotes | und | ouch | êren | mê | | wealth | and | also | esteem | greater |
| | er | was | ein | grâve | rîche | | he | was | a | count | powerful |
| 403 | vil | gar | unlasterlîche | | _ | completely | without fault |
| | sîns | erbes | verstôzen | | of his | inheritance | robbed |
| | von | sînen | übergenôzen | | by | _ | stronger peers |
| 406 | in | en- | -hete | dehein | sîn | bôsheit | | him | _ | had | none | of his own | wrong doing |
| | in | dise | armuot | geleit | | to | this | poverty | brought |
| | ez | was | von | urliuge | komen | | it | was | by | (a) feud | caused |
| 409 | im | hete | diu | überkraft | genomen | | from him | had | _ | superior strength | taken |
| | allez | daz | er | ie | gewan | | all | that | he | earlier | had gained |
| | sô | vil | en- | -was | dem | rîchen | man | | so | much | _ | was | the | rich | man |
| 412 | grôzer | êren | niht | verlân | | of great | esteem | nothing | left |
| | daz | er | einen | kneht | mohte | hân | | so that | he | (not even) a | retainer | could | keep |
| | nû | truoc | er | dise | armuot | | yet | bore | he | this | poverty |
| 415 | und | diu | hûsvrouwe | guot | | and | (his) | wife | excellent |
| | in | ir | alter | mit | listen | | in | their | old age | with | wisdom |
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