Erec | daz | ein | ritter | dar | was | komen | | that | a | knight | there | had | come |
8664 | der | sich | des | ûz | hete | getân | | who | himself | this | _ | had | declared |
| daz | er | wolde | bestân | | that | he | would | oppose |
| den | in | dem | boumgarten | | (the) one | in | the | park |
8667 | des | muoste | gewarten | | (for) this | was | to be ready |
| der | künec | Îvreins | von | Brandigân | | _ | King | Ivreins | of | Brandigan |
| ouch | en- | -wolden | hinder | im | niht | bestân | | also | _ | wanted | behind | him | not | to remain |
8670 | sîne | burgære | | his | residents |
| diu | burc | beleip | liute | lære | | the | castle | remained | (of) people | empty |
| âne | die | trûrigen | schar | | except for | the | sad | company |
8673 | diu | beleip | dar | ûfe | gar | | who | remained | _ | (up) there | all |
| wan | den | was | sô | leide | geschehen | | for | (to) them | had | so (much) | suffering | happened |
| daz | si | des | niht | wolden | sehen | | that | they | (of) this | nothing | wanted | to see |
8676 | daz | si | beswârte | mêre | | which | them | would trouble | further |
| von | al | ir | herzesêre | | of | all | their | heart-felt misery |
| was | doch | diz | ir | meistiu | nôt | | was | yet | this | their | greatest | sorrow |
8679 | daz | ir | niht | ruochte | der | tôt | | that | them | not | did deign (to take) | _ | death |
| nû | wâren | die | gazzen | in | der | stat | | now | were | the | streets | in | the | town |
| und | diu | dach | gar | besat | | and | the | rooftops | completely | crowded |
8682 | von | den | liuten | die | des | biten | | with | the | people | who | (for) this | waited |
| wenne | er | kæme | geriten | | when | he | came | riding (by) |
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