Erec | âne | missewende | | without | misfortune |
4230 | reit | der | ritter | Êrec | | rode | the | knight | Erec |
| vil | drâte | den | wec | | very | quickly | (on) (his) | way |
| er | sprach | herre | got | der | guote | | he | spoke | Lord | God | the | Merciful |
4233 | habe | mich | in | dîner | huote | | keep | me | in | your | care |
| und | hilf | mir | âne | schande | | and | help | me | without | disgrace |
| von | disem | lande | | from | this | land |
4236 | wirt | ez | dem | lantvolke | kunt | | (if) becomes | it | (to) the | local people | known |
| daz | ziuhet | mir | allez | nâch | zestunt | | (for) that | will pursue | me | everyone | _ | immediately |
| und | slahent | mich | des | ist | unlanc | | and | slay | me | this | is | not long |
4239 | vergebene | was | doch | der | gedanc | | groundless | was | however | the | thought |
| wan | ez | nieman | vernam | | because | it | no one | heard (about) |
| ê | er | vol | ûz | dem | walde | kam | | before | he | completely | from | the | forest | had come (out) |
4242 | daz | was | sîn | grôziu | sælekeit | | this | was | his | great | blessing |
| alsô | beleip | ez | ungeseit | | thus | remained | it | unreported |
| die | ritter | die | dâ | genâren | | the | knights | who | there | survived |
4245 | und | bî | ir | herren | wâren | | and | with | their | lord | were |
| der | komen | en- | -wolde | deheiner | von | im | | (of) them | leave | _ | would | none | _ | him |
| von | dem | man | ez | hete | vernomen | | from | whom | one | it | could have | heard |
4248 | dô | getorsten- | -z | die | vliehenden | zagen | | then | dared | it | the | fleeing | cowards |
| vor | ir | schande | niht | gesagen | | of | their (own) | shame | not | tell |
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