Erec | swer | hin | ze | hove | kumt | | whoever | there | to | court | comes |
5053 | 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) |
| dem | wære | dâ | heime | alsô | guot | | he | were | (at) | home | just as | well |
5056 | swer | ze | hove | wesen | sol | | whoever | at | court | to be | (is) |
| dem | gezimet | vreude | wol | | (for) him | is appropriate | happiness | certainly |
| und | daz | er | im | sîn | reht | tuo | | and | that | he | it | it's | justice | do |
5059 | dâ | en- | -kan | ich | nû | niht | zuo | | _ | _ | can | I | now | not | (do) this |
| und | muoz | mich | sûmen | dar | an | | and | must | _ | abstain | _ | (from) it |
| als | ein | unvarnder | man | | like | a | disabled | person |
5062 | ir | sehet | wol | de- | -ich | ze | dirre | stunt | | you | see | clearly | that | I | at | this | time |
| bin | müede | unde | wunt | | am | tired | and | wounded |
| und | sô | unhovebære | | and | so | unfit for court |
5065 | daz | ich | wol | hoves | enbære | | that | I | certainly | (from) court | would stay away |
| hetet | ir | es | mich | erlân | | (if) had | you | this | me | spared |
| ir | en- | -habet | niht | wol | an | mir | getân | | you | _ | have | not | well | by | me | done |
5068 | Gâwein | den | zorn | mit | güete | rach | | Gawein | (his) | anger | with | kindness | avenged |
| er | hiels | in | zuo | im | unde | sprach | | he | hugged | him | (to) | (him) | and | said |
| herre | senftet | iuwern | zorn | | Sir | soften | your | anger |
5071 | jâ | ist | ein | vriunt | baz | verlorn | | certainly | is | a | friend | better | lost |
| bescheidenlîchen | unde | wol | | reasonably | and | properly |
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