Erec | von | al | ir | herzesêre | | of | all | their | heart-felt misery |
8678 | was | doch | diz | ir | meistiu | nôt | | was | yet | this | their | greatest | sorrow |
| daz | ir | niht | ruochte | der | tôt | | that | them | not | did deign (to take) | _ | death |
| nû | wâren | die | gazzen | in | der | stat | | now | were | the | streets | in | the | town |
8681 | und | diu | dach | gar | besat | | and | the | rooftops | completely | crowded |
| von | den | liuten | die | des | biten | | with | the | people | who | (for) this | waited |
| wenne | er | kæme | geriten | | when | he | came | riding (by) |
8684 | enmitten | reit | Êrec | | meanwhile | rode | Erec |
| nider | jenen | burcwec | | down | the | castle road |
| der | in | z- | -em | boumgarten | truoc | | which | him | to | the | park | led |
8687 | nû | hôrte | er | untrôstes | genuoc | | now | heard | he | (of) discouragement | plenty |
| und | ir | stille | liezen | | and | their | private | murmurings |
| die | liute | im | niht | gehiezen | | the | people | (for) him | nothing | predicted |
8690 | baz | oder | dehein | senfter | nôt | | better | or | no | pleasanter | plight |
| wan | daz | im | gewis | wære | der | tôt | | other than | that | (for) him | certain | was | _ | death |
| des | begunden | si | sô | vil | gesagen | | (about) this | _ | they | so | much | said |
8693 | und | wolde | er | immer | verzagen | | and (if) | were | he | ever | to become a coward |
| von | bœsen | geheizen | von | starker | drô | | from | ill | prophecies | from | strong | threats |
| sô | wære | er | verzaget | dô | | so | would have | he | become a coward | then |
8696 | diz | vernam | er | vür | ein | spil | | this | took | he | as | _ | unimportant |
| und | en- | -ahte- | -z | lützel | noch | vil | | and | _ | paid attention | (to) it | (neither) little | nor | much |
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