Erec | wie | im | diu | rede | würde | kunt | | how | to him | the | plan | could be | made known |
3963 | wan | er | verbôt | daz | ir | munt | | for | he | had forbidden | that | her | mouth |
| ze | sprechenne | iht | ûf | kæme | | to | speak | anything | _ | be opened |
| swaz | si | vernæme | | whatever | she | might hear |
3966 | als | ich | iu | ê | gesaget | hân | | as | I | you | before | told | have |
| doch | en- | -hete | si- | -z | niht | verlân | | yet | _ | had | she | it | not | forgone |
| dâ | mite | hete | si | in | verlorn | | _ | thereby | had | she | him | lost |
3969 | sô | daz | er | ir | durch | den | zorn | | yet so | that | he | her | through | _ | anger |
| ze | geselleschefte | niht | phlac | | as | company | not | would have |
| wan | er | sunder | âz | und | lac | | for | he | apart (from her) | ate | and | lay |
3972 | nû | gedâhte | diu | guote | | now | thought | the | good (lady) |
| alsô | in | ir | muote | | thus | in | her | mind |
| ez | ist | mir | ûf | daz | zil | komen | | it | has | for me | to | the | point | come |
3975 | daz | mir | benamen | wirt | benomen | | that | from me | surely | will | be taken |
| der | aller | liebiste | man | | the | very | dearest | husband |
| den | ie | wîp | mêr | gewan | | whom | before | (a) wife | ever | gained |
3978 | ez | en- | -sî | daz | ich | in | warne | | (unless) it | _ | be | that | I | him | warn |
| ouch | weiz | ich | daz | ich- | -z | arne | | also | know | I | that | I | (for) it | must pay |
| zebriche | ich | aber | sîn | gebot | | (if) break | I | again | hi | command |
3981 | nû | rât | mir | herre | rîcher | got | | now | advise | me | Lord | almighty | God |
| des | en- | -wart | mir | nie | sô | nôt | | (of) this | _ | was | for me | never | so great | (a) need |
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