Erec | nieman | z- | -er | werlde | kæme | | no one | into | the | world | came |
9895 | tiurre | oder | baz | genæme | | finer | or | more | agreeable |
| wan | nie | manne | von | den | landen | | for | never | (from) (a) person | in | the | lands |
| sô | grôz | dinc | wære | erstanden | | such | great | things | had | been accomplished |
9898 | von | rîcher | âventiure | | in | splendid | adventure |
| wan | daz | vrou | Sælde | ir | stiure | | except | that | Dame | Fortune | her | assistance |
| gap | sîner | ammen | diu | sîn | phlac | | gave | (to) his | nurse | who | (for) him | cared |
9901 | dô | er | in | der | wagen | lac | | when | he | in | the | cradle | lay |
| sô | en- | -möhte- | -z | nimmer | sîn | geschehen | | so | _ | could | it | never | have | happened |
| als | si | die | vrouwen | heten | gesehen | | when | they | the | ladies | had | seen |
9904 | daz | dûhte | si | ein | vremdiu | sache | | this | appeared | (to) them | a | strange | affair |
| nû | vuorte | si | ze | gemache | | now | led | them | to | (their) chambers |
| diu | vil | edel | künegîn | | the | most | noble | queen |
9907 | ir | sêle | müeze | sælic | sîn | | her | soul | may | blessed | be |
| wan | si | vil | gerne | âne | bete | | for | she | very | gladly | without | request |
| vol | tugentlîche | tete | | most | nobly | acted |
9910 | nû | weste | der | künec | Artûs | | now | saw | _ | King | Arthur |
| die | geste | gerne | in | sînem | hûs | | the | guests | gladly | in | his | castle |
| und | als | er | in | beite | sît | | and | when | he | them | gave time | afterwards |
9913 | sô | lange | unz | in | des | dûhte | zît | | so | long | until | (to) him | it | seemed | time |
| daz | er | möhte | zuo | in | gân | | that | he | might | to | them | go |
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