Erec | mit | starkem | gewinne | sî | | with | high | stakes | is |
8386 | von | einem | guoten | knehte | | (against) | a | fine | knight |
| nû | weste | ich | gerne | rehte | | now | would like to know | I | _ | exactly |
| wie- | -z | hier | umbe | wære | gewant | | how | it | _ | here | is | constituted |
8389 | daz | tuot | mir | herre | wirt | erkant | | that | make | (to) me | Lord | host | known |
| der | künec | ein | wîle | des | gesweic | | the | king | (for) a | while | (about) this | was silent |
| daz | houbet | im | ze | tal | seic | | (his) | head | _ | _ | down | sank |
8392 | und | saz | ein | teil | in | riuwen | | and | (he) sat | _ | very much | in | sorrow |
| daz | kam | von | sînen | triuwen | | this | was | because | of his | loyalty |
| und | benamen | bî | sîner | vrümekeit | | and | truly | of | his | goodness |
8395 | was | im | des | gastes | vrâge | leit | | caused | him | the | guest's | question | pain |
| wan | er | hete | ouch | ê | vernomen | | for | he | had | also | earlier | heard |
| daz | er | dar | wære | komen | | that | he | there | had | come |
8398 | ûf | der | âventiure | gewin | | for | _ | (in) adventure | victory |
| daz | beswârte | sînen | sin | | this | troubled | his | (thoughts) |
| und | gedâhte | manegen | enden | | and | pondered | various | ways |
8401 | wie | er | daz | möhte | erwenden | | how | he | this | might | avert |
| und | wie | er | im | den | rât | erkür | | and | how | he | (for) him | the | advice | might find |
| daz | er | den | lîp | iht | verlür | | (so) that | he | (his) | life | not | would lose |
8404 | und | im | den | muot | benæme | | and | (from) him | the | intent | would take |
| als | in | beiden | zæme | | in a manner | them | both | befitting |
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