Erec | ir | tohter | Ênîte | | their | daughter | Enite |
432 | swen | dise | edeln | armen | | whomever | these | noble | poor (people) |
| niht | wolden | erbarmen | | nothing | would have | moved to pity |
| der | was | herter | dan | ein | stein | | this person | was | harder | than | _ | stone |
435 | der | juncvrouwen | œheim | | the | young lady's | uncle |
| was | der | herzoge | Îmâîn | | was | the | Duke | Imain |
| des | diu | hôchzît | solde | sîn | | through whom | the | festival | was | to take place |
438 | der | herre | von | dem | lande | | the | lord | of | the | country |
| ir | geburt | was | âne | schande | | her | birth | was | without | disgrace |
| nû | sagen | wir | ouch | dâ | bî | | now | will say | we | also | _ | thereby |
441 | von | wiu | diu | rede | erhaben | sî | | _ | why | the | narrative | begun | was |
| dô | daz | pherit | was | begangen | | when | the | horse | had been | cared for |
| nû | en- | -lât | iuch | niht | belangen | | now | _ | let | you | nothing | concern |
444 | sprach | der | wirt | z- | -em | gaste | | spoke | the | host | to | the | guest |
| Êrecken | muote | vaste | | Erec | was troubled | greatly |
| sîn | schade | den | er | dâ | vor | gewan | | by his | disgrace | that | he | _ | before | had suffered |
447 | den | wirt | er | vrâgen | began | | the | host | he | to question | began |
| waz | der | schal | von | den | liuten | | what | the | noise | from | the | people |
450 | den | er | in | dem | markte | hete | gesehen | | that | he | in | the | market place | had | seen |
| dô | begunde | im | der | wirt | jehen | | then | began | him | the | host | to explain |
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