Erec | ez | zimt | mir | selbem | vil | baz | | it | is fitting | for me | myself | much | better |
347 | dô | sprach | der | alte | daz | | then | replied | the | old man | that |
| man | sol | dem | wirte | lân | | one | should | the | host | grant |
| sînen | willen | daz | ist | guot | getân | | his | will | this | is | well | done |
350 | uns | gebristet | der | knehte | | to us | are lacking | _ | servants |
| von | diu | tuot | si- | -z | mit | rehte | | _ | therefore | does | she | it | _ | properly |
| diu | juncvrouwe | des | niht | en- | -liez | | the | young lady | in this | nothing | did | fail |
353 | si | en- | -tæte | als | si | ir | vater | hiez | | she | _ | did do | as | she | her | father | had bidden |
| daz | pherit | begienc | ze | vlîze | | the | horse | began | to | diligently care for |
| ir | hende | vil | wîze | | her | hands | very | white |
356 | und | wære | daz | got | hie | ûf | erde | rite | | and | were (it) | that | God | here | on | earth | rode |
| ich | wæne | in | genuocte | dâ | mite | | I | think | (for) him | would be satisfactory | _ | it |
| ob | er | selhen | marstaller | hæte | | if | he | such | (a) marshal | had |
359 | swie | si | schine | in | swacher | wæte | | however | she | shone | in | humble | clothes |
| sô | weiz | ich | daz | wîp | noch | man | | so | know | I | that (neither) | woman | nor | man |
| süezern | schiltkneht | nie | gewan | | (a) sweeter | squire | never | had |
362 | dan | Êrec | fil | de | roi | Lac | | than | Erec | fil | de | roi | Lac |
| dô | si | sînes | pherdes | phlac | | when | she | his | horse | tended |
| im | zam | von | selhem | knehte | | him | pleased | from | such a | servant |
365 | sîn | vuoter | wol | mit | rehte | | his | fodder | certainly | _ | justly |
| hie | wart | der | gast | berâten | | here | was | the | guest | provided (for) |
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