Erec | und | slahent | mich | des | ist | unlanc | | and | slay | me | this | is | not long |
4239 | vergebene | was | doch | der | gedanc | | groundless | was | however | the | thought |
| wan | ez | nieman | vernam | | because | it | no one | heard (about) |
| ê | er | vol | ûz | dem | walde | kam | | before | he | completely | from | the | forest | had come (out) |
4242 | daz | was | sîn | grôziu | sælekeit | | this | was | his | great | blessing |
| alsô | beleip | ez | ungeseit | | thus | remained | it | unreported |
| die | ritter | die | dâ | genâren | | the | knights | who | there | survived |
4245 | und | bî | ir | herren | wâren | | and | with | their | lord | were |
| der | komen | en- | -wolde | deheiner | von | im | | (of) them | leave | _ | would | none | _ | him |
| von | dem | man | ez | hete | vernomen | | from | whom | one | it | could have | heard |
4248 | dô | getorsten- | -z | die | vliehenden | zagen | | then | dared | it | the | fleeing | cowards |
| vor | ir | schande | niht | gesagen | | of | their (own) | shame | not | tell |
| ê | daz | Êrec | der | herre | | before | (that) | Erec | the | knight |
4251 | kæme | von | dem | lande | verre | | had come | from | the | land | far |
| die | ritter | dô | verbunden | | the | knights | then | bound |
| dem | grâven | sîne | wunden | | (for) the | count | his | wounds |
4254 | und | vuorten | in | ûf | bâren | | and | carried | him | on | litters |
| und | die | dâ | tôt | wâren | | and | those who | there | dead | were |
| hin | heim | mit | herzeriuwen | | back | home | with | heart-felt sorrow |
4257 | sô | genôz | er | sîner | untriuwen | | thus | reaped | he | his | unfaithfulness |
| als | Êrec | dô | gereit | | when | Erec | then | had ridden |
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