Erec | daz | er | dehein | schœner | habe | gesehen | | that | he | any (one) | more beautiful | has | seen |
1259 | muoz | er | der | wârheite | jehen | | (if) must | he | the | truth | tell |
| von | disen | mæren | wurden | dô | | at | this | news | were | there |
| vil | herzenlîche | vrô | | very | from the heart | happy |
1262 | Artûs | und | diu | künegîn | | Arthur | and | the | queen |
| und | lobeten- | -s | unsern | trehtîn | | and | praised | for it | our | Lord |
| daz | im | alsô | jungen | | that | for him | so | young |
1265 | sô | schône | was | gelungen | | so | well | had | succeeded |
| und | im | sîn | êrstiu | ritterschaft | | and | for him | his | first | knightly endeavour |
| mit | lobelîcher | heiles | kraft | | with | of praiseworthy | blessings | a fullness |
1268 | iedoch | alsô | gar | ergie | | indeed | so | completely | had succeeded |
| wan | er | begunde- | -s | vor | nie | | for | he | undertook | it | before | never |
1271 | gar | ein | nîdære | | completely | an | envious person |
| sô- | -ne | truoc | im | dâ | niemen | haz | | so | _ | bore | him | there | no one | ill-will |
| ez- | -n | wart | nie | man | geminnet | baz | | it | _ | was | no | one | liked | better |
1274 | von | einem | ingesinde | | at | a | court |
| wan | er | hete- | -z | von | kinde | | for | he | had | himself | from | childhood |
| umbe | si | gedienet | sô | | from | them | earned | so |
1277 | daz | si | des | alle | wâren | vrô | | that | they | of this | all | were | happy |
| z- | -em | ritter | sprach | diu | künegîn | | to | the | knight | spoke | the | queen |
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