Erec | swie | ofte | er | in | wider | rîten | bat | | however | often | he | him | _ | to ride back | bade |
5033 | sô | sprach | er | iezuo | an | der | stat | | so | spoke | he | directly | on | the | spot |
| unz | er | mit | schœner | trügeheit | | until | he | with | clever | deception |
| den | walt | mit | im | ûz | reit | | (from) the | forest | with | him | _ | rode out |
5036 | dâ | der | künec | umbe | den | wec | lac | | where | the | king | by | the | way | was encamped |
| und | als | Êrec | fil | de | roi | Lac | | and | when | Erec | fil | de | roi | Lac |
| die | poulûne | alle | ersach | | the | tents | all | caught sight of |
5039 | niht | liebes | im | dar | an | geschach | | nothing | agreeable | (to) him | _ | thereon | happened |
| wan | daz | velt | was | sô | vol | | for | the | field | was | quite | full |
| ouch | erkande | er | si | wol | | also | recognized | he | them | readily |
5042 | wan | er | si | dicke | hete | gesehen | | for | he | them | often | had | seen |
| er | sprach | wie | ist | mir | geschehen | | he | said | what | has | (to) me | happened |
| ich | wæne | mich | verriten | hân | | I | think | (I) | ridden (astray) | have |
5045 | ir | en- | -habet | niht | wol | an | mir | getân | | you | _ | have | not | well | by | me | done |
| her | Gâwein | diz | ist | iuwer | rât | | Sir | Gawein | this | is | (by) your | advice |
| nû | hân | ich | iuwer | missetât | | now | have | I | (from you | (a) misdeed |
5048 | selten | alsô | vil | vernomen | | never | so | great | heard |
| daz | ich | dâ | her | bin | komen | | that | I | _ | here | have | come |
| des | was | mir | vil | ungedâht | | this | was | (by) me | (at all) | not intended |
5051 | ir | habet | mich | übele | her | brâht | | you | have | me | wrongly | here | brought |
| swer | hin | ze | hove | kumt | | whoever | there | to | court | comes |
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