Erec | hân | ich | danne | gar | gelogen | | have | I | then | completely | got it wrong |
7523 | niht | iuch | hât | sus | betrogen | | no | you | has | so | betrayed |
| iuwer | kintlîcher | wân | | your | childish | fancy |
| ir | sult | mich- | -z | iu | sagen | lân | | you | should | me | it | (to) you | tell | let |
7526 | sehet | wie | grôz | ein | grûz | sî | | see | how | large | a | grain of sand | is |
| sô | vil | was | dâ | niht | holzes | bî | | so | much | was | _ | nothing | of wood | on it |
| er | was | von | helfenbeine | | it | was | of | ivory |
7529 | und | von | edelem | gesteine | | and | of | -Steine | stones |
| und | von | dem | besten | golde | | and | from | the | best | gold |
| daz | ie | werden | solde | | that | ever | be | could |
7532 | geliutert | in | dem | viure | | purified | in | the | fire |
| valsch | was | im | tiure | | impurities | were | (in) it | not at all present |
| von | disen | mâterjen | drin | | from | these | materials | three |
7535 | sô | hâte | des | meisters | sin | | so | had | the | master's | skill |
| geprüevet | diz | gereite | | wrought | this | saddle |
| mit | grôzer | wîsheite | | with | great | experience |
7538 | er | gap | dem | helfenbeine | | he | gave | the | ivory |
| und | dâ | bî | dem | gesteine | | and | _ | there by | the | stones |
| sîn | gevellige | stat | | their | proper | place |
7541 | als | in | diu | gevuoge | bat | | as | him | _ | good taste | required |
| er | muosete | dar | under | | he | inlaid | _ | between them |
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