Erec | der | vor | im | ûf | daz | hûs | reit | | who | before | him | to | the | castle | rode |
461 | als | ich | iu | ê | habe | geseit | | as | I | you | earlier | have | told |
| und | hal | in | doch | sîn | ungemach | | and | hid | from him | nevertheless | his | troubles |
| der | alte | alsus | sprach | | the | old man | thus | replied |
464 | in | erkennet | allez | diz | lant | | him | knows | all | this | land |
| er- | -st | Îdêrs | fil | Niut | genant | | he | is | Iders | fil | Niut | named |
| und | sagete | sîn | geverte | gar | | and | explained | his | situation | completely |
467 | unde | daz | er | komen | dar | | how | that | he | came | there |
| mit | sîner | âmîen | wære | | with | his | lady-love | had |
| ze | nemen | den | sparwære | | to | take | the | sparrow-hawk |
470 | alsô | schiere | er | diz | vernam | | _ | as soon as | he | this | heard |
| mit | vrâge | er | vürbaz | kam | | with | questions | he | further | proceeded |
| unz | im | der | wirt | tete | erkant | | until | to him | the | host | made | known |
473 | wie- | -z | umbe | in | selben | was | gewant | | how | it | concerning | _ | himself | was | constituted |
| als | er | im- | -s | begarwe | jach | | when | he | to him | it | completely | told |
| Êrec | stuont | ûf | unde | sprach | | Erec | stood up | _ | and | spoke |
476 | genâde | wirt | und | herre | | please | (my) host | and | lord |
| daz | ez | mir | iht | gewerre | | that | it | to me | nothing | prohibits |
| sît | ez | sô | umbe | iuch | stât | | since | it | so | concerning | you | stands |
479 | sô | suoche | ich | helfe | unde | rât | | so | seek | I | (your) help | and | advice |
| ûf | genâde | sô | sî | iu | bejehen | | in | the hope | so | be | to you | confessed |
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