Erec | wirt | ez | dem | lantvolke | kunt | | (if) becomes | it | (to) the | local people | known |
4237 | daz | ziuhet | mir | allez | nâch | zestunt | | (for) that | will pursue | me | everyone | _ | immediately |
| und | slahent | mich | des | ist | unlanc | | and | slay | me | this | is | not long |
| vergebene | was | doch | der | gedanc | | groundless | was | however | the | thought |
4240 | wan | ez | nieman | vernam | | because | it | no one | heard (about) |
| ê | er | vol | ûz | dem | walde | kam | | before | he | completely | from | the | forest | had come (out) |
| daz | was | sîn | grôziu | sælekeit | | this | was | his | great | blessing |
4243 | alsô | beleip | ez | ungeseit | | thus | remained | it | unreported |
| die | ritter | die | dâ | genâren | | the | knights | who | there | survived |
| und | bî | ir | herren | wâren | | and | with | their | lord | were |
4246 | der | komen | en- | -wolde | deheiner | von | im | | (of) them | leave | _ | would | none | _ | him |
| von | dem | man | ez | hete | vernomen | | from | whom | one | it | could have | heard |
| dô | getorsten- | -z | die | vliehenden | zagen | | then | dared | it | the | fleeing | cowards |
4249 | vor | ir | schande | niht | gesagen | | of | their (own) | shame | not | tell |
| ê | daz | Êrec | der | herre | | before | (that) | Erec | the | knight |
| kæme | von | dem | lande | verre | | had come | from | the | land | far |
4252 | die | ritter | dô | verbunden | | the | knights | then | bound |
| dem | grâven | sîne | wunden | | (for) the | count | his | wounds |
| und | vuorten | in | ûf | bâren | | and | carried | him | on | litters |
4255 | und | die | dâ | tôt | wâren | | and | those who | there | dead | were |
| hin | heim | mit | herzeriuwen | | back | home | with | heart-felt sorrow |
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