Erec | daz | iu | iuwers | getwerges | tuht | | that | you | because of your | dwarf's | use of force |
997 | und | sîn | grôziu | unzuht | | and | his | great | uncourtly behavior |
| nimmer | alsô | vil | gevrumt | | never | so | greatly | will benefit |
| sô | si | iu | ze | schaden | hiute | kumt | | as | it | you | to | disgrace | today | comes |
1000 | der | ritter | aber | dô | sprach | | the | knight | however | then | spoke |
| geschach | iu | ie | ungemach | | (if) happened | to you | ever | distress |
| von | mînen | schulden | de- | -ist | mir | leit | | through | my | guilt | this | is | for me | regretful |
1003 | ouch | hât | mich | iuwer | vrümekeit | | also | has | on me | your | valor |
| der | selben | schulde | hie | ze | stat | | the | same | guilt | here | on (this very) | spot |
| wol | ze | buoze | gesat | | certainly | as | compensation | set |
1006 | nû | geruochet | mir | den | lîp | lân | | now | grant | _ | (my) | life | to spare |
| und | habe | ich | iht | des | getân | | and | have | I | something | _ | done |
| des | ich | von | rehte | engelten | sol | | for which | I | _ | rightly | compensate | should |
1009 | daz | widerdiene | ich | harte | wol | | that | repay | I | very | well |
| Êrec | erbarmde | sich | dô | | Erec | showed compansion | _ | then |
| zuo | dem | ritter | sprach | er | sô | | to | the | knight | said | he | thus |
1012 | nû | wil | ich | iuch | leben | lân | | now | will | I | you | let | live |
| des | en- | -hetet | ir | mir | niht | getân | | this | _ | had | you | for me | not | done |
| nû | gap | er | im | des | sicherheit | | now | gave | he | him | of this | (his) pledge |
1015 | daz | er | im | wære | bereit | | that | he | _ | was | prepared |
| ze | leisten | swaz | er- | -n | hieze | | to | carry out | whatever | he | him | ordered |
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