Erec | dem | liebisten | den | ich | ie | gewan | | (to) the | dearest | whom | I | ever | had |
8411 | dar | nâch | und | ich | iu | guotes | gan | | _ | accordingly | _ | I | you | (the) best | wish |
| daz | ir | der | vrâge | habet | rât | | that | you | (concerning) the | question | _ | forgo |
| und | si | gar | ûz | der | ahte | lât | | and | it | completely | out | of | consideration | leave |
8414 | umbe | dise | âventiure | | concerning | this | adventure |
| ez | ist | vert | und | hiure | | _ | has | last year | and | this year |
| unde | nû | wol | zwelf | jâr | | and | now | well | twelve | years |
8417 | als | ich | iu | sage | vür | wâr | | as | I | you | tell | _ | in truth |
| michel | schade | dâ | von | geschehen | | much | harm | _ | from this | come |
| ouch | habe | wir | beide | gesehen | | moreover | have | we | both | seen |
8420 | sô | vil | ander | dinge | | so | many | other | things |
| diu | uns | sus | genuoc | ringe | | which | (for) us | thus | enough | easy |
| die | zît | mugen | gemachen | | the | time | can | pass |
8423 | nû | reden | von | andern | sachen | | now | (let's) speak | of | other | matters |
| Êrec | im | antwürten | began | | Erec | him | to answer | began |
| als | ein | unverzageter | man | | like | an | undaunted | man |
8426 | des | herze | doch | vil | stæte | was | | whose | heart | indeed | most | steadfast | was |
| und | vester | dan | der | adamas | | and | harder | than | (a) | diamond |
| von | dem | man | selhe | kraft | seit | | to | which | one | such | power | ascribes |
8429 | unde | würde | der | geleit | | and (if) | were | it | placed |
| zwischen | zwein | bergen | stehelîn | | between | two | mountains | (of) steel |
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