Erec | dâ | der | künec | umbe | den | wec | lac | | where | the | king | by | the | way | was encamped |
5037 | und | als | Êrec | fil | de | roi | Lac | | and | when | Erec | fil | de | roi | Lac |
| die | poulûne | alle | ersach | | the | tents | all | caught sight of |
| niht | liebes | im | dar | an | geschach | | nothing | agreeable | (to) him | _ | thereon | happened |
5040 | wan | daz | velt | was | sô | vol | | for | the | field | was | quite | full |
| ouch | erkande | er | si | wol | | also | recognized | he | them | readily |
| wan | er | si | dicke | hete | gesehen | | for | he | them | often | had | seen |
5043 | er | sprach | wie | ist | mir | geschehen | | he | said | what | has | (to) me | happened |
| ich | wæne | mich | verriten | hân | | I | think | (I) | ridden (astray) | have |
| ir | en- | -habet | niht | wol | an | mir | getân | | you | _ | have | not | well | by | me | done |
5046 | 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 |
| selten | alsô | vil | vernomen | | never | so | great | heard |
5049 | daz | ich | dâ | her | bin | komen | | that | I | _ | here | have | come |
| des | was | mir | vil | ungedâht | | this | was | (by) me | (at all) | not intended |
| ir | habet | mich | übele | her | brâht | | you | have | me | wrongly | here | brought |
5052 | swer | hin | ze | hove | kumt | | whoever | there | to | court | comes |
| daz | ez | im | sô | lützel | vrumt | | that | it | him | so | little | benefits |
| als | ez | mir | nû | hie | tuot | | as | it | (for) me | now | here | is (the case) |
5055 | dem | wære | dâ | heime | alsô | guot | | he | were | (at) | home | just as | well |
| swer | ze | hove | wesen | sol | | whoever | at | court | to be | (is) |
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