Erec | in | dem | wilden | walde | erleit | | in | the | rugged | woods | suffered |
5320 | ir | riuwigen | hende | | her | dispairing | hands |
| hâten | daz | gebende | | had | (her) | headdress |
| unschône | abe | gestroufet | | mercilessly | _ | ripped (to pieces) |
5323 | zekratzet | und | zeroufet | | scratched | and | torn (at) |
| hete | sich | daz | lîplôse | wîp | | had | herself | the | half-dead | woman |
| daz | ir | diu | wât | und | der | lîp | | (so) that | (on) her | (her) | clothes | and | (her) | body |
5326 | mit | bluote | was | berunnen | | with | blood | were | covered |
| si | hâte | ouch | gewunnen | | she | had | indeed | gained |
| von | jâmer | selhe | swære | | from | grief | such | hardships |
5329 | daz | doch | niemen | wære | | that | indeed | no one | were |
| alsô | vestes | herzen | | (of) such (a) | hard | heart |
| hæte | er | ir | smerzen | | had | he | her | suffering |
5332 | zuo | den | zîten | gesehen | | at | (that) | time | seen |
| sît | ich | der | wârheit | sol | jehen | | since | I | the | truth | must | tell |
| si | en- | -müeste | im | erbarmen | | (that) she | (not) | would have | him | moved to pity |
5335 | als | er | dô | die | armen | | when | he | there | the | poor (one) |
| in | selher | ungehabe | sach | | in | such | agitation | saw |
| vil | nâch | weinende | sprach | | _ | almost | crying | spoke |
5338 | Êrec | der | tugenthafte | man | | Erec | the | virtuous | man |
| vrouwe | durch | got | saget | an | | lady | for the sake of | God | tell (me) | _ |
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