Erec | giudens | urloup | möhte | er | hân | | boasting | leave | could | he | _ |
2387 | der- | -z | dicke | vür | in | hete | getân | | to those who | it | often | before | him | had | done |
| er | en- | -dûhte | sich | niht | sô | vollekomen | | he | _ | considered | himself | neither | so | accomplished |
| noch | an | manheit | vernomen | | nor | for | manliness | well-known |
2390 | daz | ez | im | erloubet | möhte | sîn | | that | this | to him | permitted | could | be |
| swelher | der | gesellen | sîn | | whoever | (of) | friends | his |
| durch | geselleschaft | geruochte | | out of | friendship | saw fit |
2393 | daz | er | sîn | herberge | suochte | | that | he | his | lodgings | sought out |
| der | wart | schône | emphangen | dâ | | he | was | well | received | there |
| mit | gruoze | baz | dan | anderswâ | | with | greetings | better | than | elsewhere |
2396 | an | swelhen | andern | dingen | | with | any | other | thing |
| er- | -z | niht | mohte | bringen | | he | it | not | could | offer |
| dâ | schein | sîn | wille | alsô | | there | appeared | his | (good) will | such |
2399 | daz | ir | iegelîcher | was | vrô | | that | of them | each | was | happy |
| swâ | er | im | ze | lobenne | geschach | | whenever | he | him | to | praise | happened |
| in | minnete | allez | daz | in | sach | | him | loved | all | who | him | saw |
2402 | er | tete | alsam | der | Sælden | schol | | he | acted | like | of | Fortune | (a) debtor |
| man | en- | -spræche | im | anders | niht | sô | wol | | one | _ | would have spoken | of him | otherwise | not | so | well |
| nû | lebete | disiu | ritterschaft | | now | lived | this | knightly assembly |
2405 | mit | gewonlîcher | vreuden | kraft | | with | of customary | pleasures | (an) abundance |
| als | man | ze | turneien | phlac | | as | one | at | tournament | did |
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