Erec| | daz | er | in | z- | -em | dritten | næme | | so that | he | it | for | the | third time | would take |
| 207 | und | ob | ez | alsô | kæme | | and | if | it | thus | happened |
| | sô | hete | er | in | immer | mêre | | then | had | he | it | ever | more |
| | âne | strît | mit | voller | êre | | without | contests | with | full | honor |
| 210 | nû | sagete | man | daz | mære | | now | told | people | the | story |
| | daz | dâ | manec | wîp | schœner | wære | | that | there | many | women | more beautiful | were |
| | dan | des | ritters | vriundîn | | than | the | knight's | lady-friend |
| 213 | dô | was | sîn | vrümekeit | dar | an | schîn | | (but) there | was | his | valor | _ | there on | visible |
| | er | was | alsô | vorhtsam | | he | was | so | fearsome |
| | daz | er | in | mit | gewalte | nam | | that | he | it | with | force | could take |
| 216 | in | getorste | dâ | nieman | bestân | | him | dared | there | no one | to oppose |
| | strîtes | wart | er | gar | erlân | | from challenge | was | he | completely | spared |
| | nû | en- | -weste | Êrec | niht | | now | _ | knew | Erec | nothing |
| 219 | umbe | dise | geschiht | | about | this | situation |
| | wan | daz | er | im | durch | sîn | leit | | except | that | he | him | because of | his | insult |
| | ûf | âventiure | nâch | reit | | on | adventure | _ | rode after |
| 222 | nû | begunde | sîgen | der | tac | | now | began | to sink | the | day |
| | ein | market | under- | -m | hûse | lac | | a | market | below | the | castle | lay |
| | dâ | kam | er | geriten | in | | _ | _ | he | rode in | there in |
| 225 | die | burc | meit | er | durch | den | sin | | the | castle | avoided | he | in | the | belief |
| | daz | er | sîn | iht | würde | gewar | | that | he | him | in some manner | would | become aware of |
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