Erec | beide | gehôrte | und | gesach | | both | could hear | and | could see |
4153 | ich | sage | iu | von | wiu | daz | geschach | | I | will tell | you | _ | how | that | happened |
| diu | vrouwe | reit | gewæfens | bar | | the | lady | rode | of weapons | bare |
| dâ | was | er | gewâfent | gar | | on the other hand | was | he | armed | completely |
4156 | als | ein | guot | ritter | sol | | as | a | proper | knight | should (be) |
| des | gehôrte | er | noch | gesach | sô | wol | | therefore | could hear | he | nor | could see | as | well |
| ûz | der | îsenwæte | | through | the | armor |
4159 | als | er | blôzer | tæte | | as | he | less armed | could do |
| des | was | im | warnunge | nôt | | therefore | was | (for) him | (for) (a) warning | (a) need |
| und | vrumte | im | dicke | vür | den | tôt | | and | helped | him | often | from | _ | death |
4162 | doch | ez | im | solde | wesen | zorn | | even though | it | him | should | (cause) | anger |
| er | hæte | dicke | verlorn | | (so) he | had | often | lost |
| von | unbesihte | den | lîp | | from | lack of vision | (his) | life |
4165 | wan | daz | in | warnte | daz | wîp | | except | that | him | warned | (his) | wife |
| nû | en- | -hete | si | im- | -z | niht | vol | geseit | | now | _ | had | she | him | (about) it | not | fully | told |
| ê | der | grâve | zuo | reit | | before | the | count | _ | rode up |
4168 | und | als | er | in | ane | sach | | and | when | he | him | _ | saw |
| vil | unritterlîch | er | sprach | | very | unchivalrously | he | spoke |
| mit | ungezæme | grimme | | with | disproportunate | hostility |
4171 | nâch | unvriuntlîcher | stimme | | (and) with | (an) unfriendly | tone of voice |
| sehet | umbe | ir | arger | diep | | look around | _ | you | common | thief |
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