Erec | vor | ir | was | diu | vierde | | surpasing | her | was | the | fourth |
8265 | in | lîbes | gezierde | | in | (her) | beauty |
| der | vünften | er | des | prîses | jach | | the | fifth | he | the | prize | awarded |
| unz | er | die | sehsten | ersach | | until | he | the | sixth | saw |
8268 | diu | sibende | erlaschte | dise | gar | | the | seventh | eclipsed | this one | completely |
| unz | er | der | ahten | tete | war | | until | he | the | eighth | _ | noticed |
| diu | niunde | in | dûhte | gekrœnet | | the | ninth | (to) him | seemed | crowned (with beauty) |
8271 | diu | zehende | baz | geschœnet | | the | tenth | more | beautifully formed |
| mit | dem | gotes | vlîze | | with | _ | God's | care |
| der | selben | ze | itewîze | | (this) | same (one) | to | shame |
8274 | sô | was | diu | einlifte | getân | | so | was | the | eleventh | made |
| hæte | si | diu | zwelfte | lân | | (if) had | her | the | twelfth | let |
| diu | drîzehende | wære | vollekomen | | the | thirteenth | would have been | perfect |
8277 | hete | ir- | -z | diu | vierzehende | niht | benomen | | had | (from) her | it | the | fourteenth | not | prevented |
| diu | vünfzehende | was | ein | wunschkint | | the | fifteenth | was | (the) | ideal |
| doch | was | ir | aller | schœne | ein | wint | | yet | was | her | (of all) | beauty | _ | nothing |
8280 | wider | die | sehzehenden | vrouwen | | compared with | the | sixteenth | lady |
| noch | mohte | er | gerner | schouwen | | still | could | he | like more | to look at |
| die | sibenzehenden | diu | dâ | saz | | the | seventeenth | who | there | was sitting |
8283 | doch | geviel | im | diu | ahzehende | baz | | yet | pleased | him | the | eighteenth | more |
| dan | diser | vrouwen | dehein | | than | (of) these | ladies | any |
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