Erec | nû | diuhte | mich | diu | genendekeit | | now | (it) seems | to me | the | daring |
2504 | lobelîch | unde | grôz | | praiseworthy | and | great |
| daz | er | âne | wâfen | blôz | | that | he | without | weapons | bare |
| und | gesellelôs | ze | velde | kam | | and | without comrades | onto (the) | field | came |
2507 | wan | daz | er | vünf | knaben | zuo | im | nam | | except | that | he | five | squires | with | him | took |
| der | iegelîcher | vuorte | driu | sper | | of whom | each | carried | three | lances |
| diu | selben | vertete | er | | the | same | used up | he |
2510 | ze | rehter | tjost | unde | bar | | in | actual | jousts | and | bare |
| daz | des | niemen | wart | gewar | | so that | of this | no one | was | aware |
2513 | nâch | disem | heile | | after | this | success |
| stal | er | sich | wider | in | | secretly stole | he | _ | again | _ |
| als | ez | niener | wære | umbe | in | | as if | _ | nothing | has happened | concerning | him |
2516 | nû | hâte | vrouwe | Melde | | now | had | Lady | Fama |
| vruo | gesant | ze | velde | | early | sent | to (the) | field |
| einen | garzûn | besehen | | a | page | (to) observe |
2519 | waz | Êrecke | wære | geschehen | | what | to Erec | had | happened |
| ze | êren | und | ze | prîse | | in | honor | and | in | praise |
| daz | tete | der | wortwîse | | this | made | the | eloquent one |
2522 | dem | künege | Artûse | erkant | | to | King | Arthur | known |
| die | er | ligende | noch | vant | | those | he | lying | still | found |
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