Erec | dâ | sâzen | die | burgære | | there | lived | the | (fortress') inhabitants |
7860 | nâch | grôzer | ir | werdekeit | | inkeeping with | (the) great | (of) it | splendor |
| alsô | was | daz | hûs | zebreit | | also | was | the | castle | spread out |
| mit | den | türnen | nâch | ir | zal | | with | (its) | towers | in | their | number |
7863 | sô | was | ir | drîzec | über | al | | so | was | (of) them | thirty | in | all |
| sus | was | daz | hûs | gevieret | | so | was | the | castle | embellished |
| die | türne | gezieret | | the | towers | decorated |
7866 | obene | mit | goldes | knophen | rôt | | at the top | with | (of) gold | balls | red |
| der | iegelîcher | verre | bôt | | of them | each | far | sent |
| in | daz | lant | sînen | glast | | into | the | land | its | radiance |
7869 | daz | bewîste | den | gast | | that | guided | the | guest |
| dem | dar | ze | varne | geschach | | who | there | _ | traveling | were |
| daz | er | den | schîn | verre | sach | | that | he | the | reflection | from afar | saw |
7872 | und | er | des | hûses | ûf | der | vart | | and | he | the | castle | on | (his) | travel |
| des | tages | niht | verirret | wart | | (during) the | day | not | did miss | _ |
| ein | wazzer | dr- | -under | hin | vlôz | | a | river | _ | under it | _ | flowed out |
7875 | des | val | gap | michelen | dôz | | its | fall | gave out | (a) mighty | roar |
| wan | ez | durch | ein | gevelle | lief | | for | it | through | a | gorge | ran |
| daz | selbe | tal | was | alsô | tief | | that | same | valley | was | so | deep |
7878 | swer | ûf | die | zinnen | sitzen | gie | | whoever | on | the | battlement | to sit | went |
| und | er | ze | tal | diu | ougen | lie | | and | he | _ | downwards | (his) | eyes | cast |
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