Erec | sô | vil | en- | -was | dem | rîchen | man | | so | much | _ | was | the | rich | man |
412 | grôzer | êren | niht | verlân | | of great | esteem | nothing | left |
| daz | er | einen | kneht | mohte | hân | | so that | he | (not even) a | retainer | could | keep |
| nû | truoc | er | dise | armuot | | yet | bore | he | this | poverty |
415 | und | diu | hûsvrouwe | guot | | and | (his) | wife | excellent |
| in | ir | alter | mit | listen | | in | their | old age | with | wisdom |
| und | swâ | si | der | habe | misten | | and | wherever | they | _ | material goods | lacked |
418 | ir | nôt | si | bedahten | | their | need | they | concealed |
| mit | zühten | swie | si | mahten | | with | propriety | as well as | they | were able |
| daz | man- | -s | iht | würde | gewar | | so that | one | of it | nothing | was | noticed |
421 | daz | ouch | ir | ie | alsô | gar | | that | also | them | ever | so | completely |
| diu | armuot | oberhant | gewan | | _ | poverty | upper hand | gained |
| daz | weste | lützel | ieman | | that | knew | hardly | anyone |
424 | dem | wirte | was | diu | arbeit | | for the | host | was | this | hardship |
| die | er | von | grôzer | armuot | leit | | that | he | because of | great | poverty | suffered |
| dâ | wider | süeze | als | ein | mete | | _ | in contrast | sweet | as | _ | mead |
427 | dâ | engegen | und | im | diu | schame | tete | | _ | in comparison with what | _ | him | the | shame | caused |
| der | alte | wirt | hiez | Koralus | | the | old | host | was named | Koralus |
| und | diu | hûsvrouwe | sus | | and | the | wife | thus |
430 | Karsinefîte | | Karsinefite |
| ir | tohter | Ênîte | | their | daughter | Enite |
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