Erec | mîn | vater | ist | ein | künec | rîch | | my | father | is | a | king | mighty |
9373 | mîn | muoter | wol | sîn | gelîch | | my | mother | certainly | (to) him | equal |
| über | Destrigâles | lant | | over | (of) Destrigales | (the) land |
| Êrec | bin | ich | genant | | Erec | am | I | named |
9376 | sol | ich | des | gewis | wesen | | can | I | (of) this | certain | be |
| jâ | ir | sô | lât | mich | genesen | | indeed | you (can) | then | let | me | live |
| und | nemet | mîne | sicherheit | | and | accept | my | surety |
9379 | sehet | der | bin | ich | iu | bereit | | see | this | am | I | (to) you | prepared (to give) |
| sô | muget | ir | dienest | von | mir | hân | | thus | can | you | service | from | me | have |
| des | iu | sus | muoz | abe | gân | | which | (for) you | thus | must | _ | be forgone |
9382 | ob | ich | von | iu | wirde | erslagen | | if | I | by | you | am | killed |
| ich | wil | iu | mînen | namen | sagen | | I | will | you | my | name | tell |
| Mâbonagrîn | heize | ich | | Mabonagrin | am called | I |
9385 | Êrec | erbarmte | sich | | Erec | had mercy | _ |
| alsô | daz | er | in | leben | lie | | such | that | he | him | live | let |
| als | er | die | sicherheit | emphie | | when | he | the | surety | accepted |
9388 | nû | half | er | im | ûf | bî | der | hant | | then | helped up | he | him | _ | by | the | hand |
| ir | ietweder | enbant | | (of) them | each | untied |
| des | andern | wâfenriemen | | the | other's | (armor) straps |
9391 | wan | in | half | ander | niemen | | for | them | could help | else | no one |
| und | entwâfenten | ir | houbet | | and | bared | their | heads |
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