Erec | ez | en- | -was | eht | ritter | nie | | there | _ | was | truly | (a) knight | never |
8888 | mê | guntrœstet | dan | er | wart | | more | uneasy | than | he | was |
| er | vuor | ein | angestlîche | vart | | he | traveled | a | dangerous | path |
| des | trûrte | sîn | geselleschaft | | therefore | were saddened | his | companions |
8891 | nû | bewar | eht | in | diu | gotes | kraft | | now | may protect | truly | him | _ | God's | power |
| daz | im | der | lîp | belîbe | | (so) that | (for) him | (his) | life | remains |
| des | helfet | sînem | wîbe | | (in) this | help | his | wife |
8894 | durch | got | biten | alle | | to | God | to pray | all |
| daz | im | der | sige | gevalle | | that | (to) him | the | victory | falls |
| hin | reit | der | künec | Êrec | | there | rode | _ | King | Erec |
8897 | eine | den | grasigen | wec | | alone | the | grassy | path |
| wol | drîer | rosseloufe | lanc | | well | three | horse-charges | long |
| durch | bluomen | und | durch | vogelsanc | | through | flowers | and | through | (the) singing of birds |
8900 | in | jenen | boumgarten | vort | | into | the | park | further |
| nû | sach | er | vor | im | dort | | now | saw | he | before | him | there |
| eine | pavelûne | stân | | a | tent | standing |
8903 | rîch | unde | wol | getân | | splendid | and | very | well made |
| beide | hôch | unde | wît | | both | tall | and | wide |
| zweier | slahte | samît | | two | kinds | of velvit |
8906 | von | strichen | swarz | unde | wîz | | with | strips | black | and | white |
| und | gemâl | en | allen | vlîz | | and | painted | with | all | diligence |
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