Erec | diu | uns | alsô | schiere | | which | us | as | quickly |
8040 | âne | wer | den | lîp | næmen | | without | (a) defense | (our) | lives | take |
| sô | wir | dar | kæmen | | as | we | there | come |
| noch | hân | ich | ze | lebene | wân | | now | have | I | of | living | hope |
8043 | er | en- | -wirt | doch | des | niht | erlân | | he | _ | will be | indeed | of this | nothing | spared |
| ob | es | got | geruochet | | if | it | God | grants |
| ez | en- | -werde | an | im | versuochet | | it | will | be | against | him | attempted |
8046 | sleht | er | mich | sô | bin | ich | tôt | | (if) slays | he | me | so | shall be | I | dead |
| daz | ist | der | werlde | ein | ringiu | nôt | | that | is | (for) the | world | a | small | loss |
| Guivreiz | der | künec | guot | | Guivreiz | the | king | good |
8049 | erkande | in | wol | alsô | gemuot | | realized (to be) | him | indeed | so | determined |
| daz | er | benamen | vollerite | | that | he | certainly | would complete the journey |
| und | daz | durch | niemen | mite | | and | that | for | no one | would avoid |
8052 | dâ | von | geschach | im | ungemach | | _ | because of this | was | (he) | distressed |
| dô | er- | -z | hûs | von | êrste | ane | sach | | when | he | the | castle | _ | first | _ | saw |
| ez- | -n | half | dehein | widerstrîten | | (it) | _ | helped | no | objections |
8055 | er | en- | -wolde | vollerîten | | he | _ | intended | to complete the journey |
| nû | huoben | si | sich | ûf | den | wec | | now | set out | they | _ | on | (their) | way |
| und | als | der | künec | Êrec | | and | as | _ | King | Erec |
8058 | mit | sînem | schœnen | wîbe | | with | his | beautiful | wife |
| ze | vreise | sînem | lîbe | | in | danger | (for) his | life |
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