Erec | nâch | des | wunsches | werde | | to | _ | desire's | appearance |
7843 | ûf | von | der | erde | | _ | from | the | ground |
| entwahsen | wol | den | mangen | | raised up | well | (beyond) the | catapults |
| den | berc | hete | in | gevangen | | the | hill | _ | _ | enclosed |
7846 | ein | burcmûre | hôch | und | dic | | a | (fortress) wall | high | and | thick |
| ein | ritterlîcher | aneblic | | a | knightly | sight |
| zierte- | -z | hûs | innen | | adorned | the | castle | inside |
7849 | ez | rageten | vür | die | zinnen | | (there) | rode | above | the | battlements |
| türne | von | quâdern | grôz | | towers | of | square blocks | hugh |
| der | vuoge | niht | zesamene | slôz | | the | joints | not | _ | were held together |
7852 | dehein | sandic | phlaster | | (with) any | sandy | mortar |
| si | wâren | gebunden | vaster | | they | were | bound | more firmly |
| mit | îsen | und | mit | blîe | | with | iron (claps) | and | with | lead |
7855 | ie | drîe | unde | drîe | | always | three | and | three |
| nâhen | zesamene | gesat | | closely | _ | set together |
| dâ | enzwischen | was | diu | stat | | there | within | was | the | city |
7858 | gezimbers | niht | lære | | (of) buildings | not | empty |
| dâ | sâzen | die | burgære | | there | lived | the | (fortress') inhabitants |
| nâch | grôzer | ir | werdekeit | | inkeeping with | (the) great | (of) it | splendor |
7861 | alsô | was | daz | hûs | zebreit | | also | was | the | castle | spread out |
| mit | den | türnen | nâch | ir | zal | | with | (its) | towers | in | their | number |
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