Erec | der | huop | sich | an | die | vart | | he | set off | _ | on | the | path |
6630 | ez | was | in | sô | geschaffen | | it | was | (for) them | so | _ |
| die | leien | vür | die | phaffen | | the | laity | before | the | clergy |
| swie | hôhe | er | wære | beschorn | | no matter how | high | he | were | shorn |
6633 | er | wart | dô | lützel | ûz | erkorn | | he | was | there | hardly | _ | given precedence |
| ez | wære | abbet | oder | bischof | | (whether) it | were | abbot | or | bishop |
| hie | vlôch | aller | der | hof | | here | fled | all | the | court |
6636 | z- | -en | türn | wart | vil | enge | | at | the | doors | (it) became | very | narrow |
| von | grôzem | gedrenge | | (from) the | great | throng |
| der | kneht | vür | sînen | herren | dranc | | the | squire | before | his | master | shoved |
6639 | der | wec | dûhte | si | vil | lanc | | the | way | appeared | to them | very | long |
| der | z- | -en | türn | ûz | gie | | which | to | the | doors | _ | went (out) |
| si | en- | -kamen | ze | selher | brûtlouft | nie | | they | _ | came | to | such a | wedding | never |
6642 | ein | schrit | was | in | ein | raste | | one | step | was | (for) them | a | mile |
| si | begunden | vaste | | they | began | quickly |
| vliehen | unde | wenken | | to flee | and | to scatter |
6645 | ez | lâgen | under | benken | | (there) | lay | under | benches |
| vil | guoter | knehte | | many | good | squires |
| wider | ritter | rehte | | against | (of) knight's | (the) code |
6648 | eines | dinges | vil | geschiht | | one | thing | often | happens |
| des | en- | -wundert | mich | niht | | this | _ | does surprise | me | not |
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