Erec | daz | vernemet | an | dem | mære | | that | hear | from | the | story |
7834 | vil | guot | was | daz | burcstal | | very | good | was | the | fortress site |
| als | uns | der | âventiure | zal | | as | us | (of) the | adventure | (the) narrative |
| urkünde | dâ | von | gît | | witness | _ | about it | gives |
7837 | sô | was | ez | zwelf | huoben | wît | | so | was | it | twelve | hides | in size |
| ez | was | ein | sineweller | stein | | it | was | a | round | rock |
| dâ | niender | bühel | ane | schein | | where | nowhere | unevenness | _ | was seen |
7840 | ebene | sam | er | wære | gedrân | | smooth | as if | it | had been | turned |
| und | ouch | rehte | getân | | and | also | exactly | formed |
| nâch | des | wunsches | werde | | to | _ | desire's | appearance |
7843 | ûf | von | der | erde | | _ | from | the | ground |
| entwahsen | wol | den | mangen | | raised up | well | (beyond) the | catapults |
| den | berc | hete | in | gevangen | | the | hill | _ | _ | enclosed |
7846 | ein | burcmûre | hôch | und | dic | | a | (fortress) wall | high | and | thick |
| ein | ritterlîcher | aneblic | | a | knightly | sight |
| zierte- | -z | hûs | innen | | adorned | the | castle | inside |
7849 | ez | rageten | vür | die | zinnen | | (there) | rode | above | the | battlements |
| türne | von | quâdern | grôz | | towers | of | square blocks | hugh |
| der | vuoge | niht | zesamene | slôz | | the | joints | not | _ | were held together |
7852 | dehein | sandic | phlaster | | (with) any | sandy | mortar |
| si | wâren | gebunden | vaster | | they | were | bound | more firmly |
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