Erec| | und | diu | hûsvrouwe | sus | | and | the | wife | thus |
| 430 | Karsinefîte | | Karsinefite |
| | ir | tohter | Ênîte | | their | daughter | Enite |
| | swen | dise | edeln | armen | | whomever | these | noble | poor (people) |
| 433 | niht | wolden | erbarmen | | nothing | would have | moved to pity |
| | der | was | herter | dan | ein | stein | | this person | was | harder | than | _ | stone |
| | der | juncvrouwen | œheim | | the | young lady's | uncle |
| 436 | was | der | herzoge | Îmâîn | | was | the | Duke | Imain |
| | des | diu | hôchzît | solde | sîn | | through whom | the | festival | was | to take place |
| | der | herre | von | dem | lande | | the | lord | of | the | country |
| 439 | ir | geburt | was | âne | schande | | her | birth | was | without | disgrace |
| | nû | sagen | wir | ouch | dâ | bî | | now | will say | we | also | _ | thereby |
| | von | wiu | diu | rede | erhaben | sî | | _ | why | the | narrative | begun | was |
| 442 | dô | daz | pherit | was | begangen | | when | the | horse | had been | cared for |
| | nû | en- | -lât | iuch | niht | belangen | | now | _ | let | you | nothing | concern |
| | sprach | der | wirt | z- | -em | gaste | | spoke | the | host | to | the | guest |
| 445 | Êrecken | muote | vaste | | Erec | was troubled | greatly |
| | sîn | schade | den | er | dâ | vor | gewan | | by his | disgrace | that | he | _ | before | had suffered |
| | den | wirt | er | vrâgen | began | | the | host | he | to question | began |
| 448 | waz | der | schal | von | den | liuten | | what | the | noise | from | the | people |
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