Erec | als | er | gebadete | und | sîn | wîp | | when | he | had bathed | and | his | lady |
3660 | daz | ezzen | was | bereite | | the | meal | was | ready |
| als | man | in | daz | seite | | when | one | them | this | told |
| den | tisch | er | dô | rihten | hiez | | the | table | he | then | set-up | had |
3663 | vrouwen | Ênîten | er | niht | liez | | Lady | Enite | he | not | did allow |
| ensament | mit | im | ezzen | | together | with | him | to eat |
| wan | er | was | gesezzen | | for | he | was | seated |
3666 | besunder | hie | und | si | dort | | apart | here | and | she | there |
| von | im | an | der | tweheln | ort | | from | him | at | the | table cloth's | end |
| nû | begunde | den | grâven | riuwen | | now | took hold (of) | the | count | regrets |
3669 | und | gedâhte | wider | sînen | triuwen | | and | thought | contrary to | his | fidelity |
| daz | er | die | vrouwen | verliez | | that | he | the | lady | left (go on) |
| daz | er | si | im | niht | nemen | hiez | | (and) that | he | her | for himself | not | taken | had ordered |
3672 | manecvalt | wart | sîn | gedanc | | many and varied | were | his | thoughts |
| als | in | der | vrouwen | schœne | twanc | | to which | him | the | lady's | beauty | drove |
| wie | er | si | möhte | gewinnen | | (about) how | he | her | might | obtain |
3675 | untriuwe | riet | sînen | sinnen | | unfaithfulness | advised | his | senses |
| daz | er | dar | sô | kæme | | so that | he | there | to the intent | came |
| daz | er | si | im | benæme | | that | he | her | from him | would take (away) |
3678 | daz | was | doch | wider | dem | rehte | | this | was | certainly | against | (his) | obligations |
| daz | er | dem | guoten | knehte | | that | he | (from) the | good | knight |
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