Erec | ez | hâte | ez | vil | vaste | | he | had | it | very | tightly |
7401 | gebunden | z- | -einem | aste | | tied | to | a | branch |
| dô | was | ez | gegangen | dan | | than | had | he | left | from there |
| alsô | vant | ez | dirre | man | | so | found | it | this | one |
7404 | abe | dem | aste | er | ez | nam | | from | the | branch | he | it | took |
| als | daz | getwerc | wider | kam | | when | the | dwarf | _ | returned |
| und | ez | daz | pherit | nie- | -ne | vant | | and | he | the | horse | not | _ | did find |
7407 | an | dem | boume | dar- | -z | ez | bant | | at | the | tree | where | he | it | had tied |
| grôz | was | sîn | ungemach | | great | was | his | distress |
| und | als | ez | daz | pherit | ersach | | and | when | he | the | horse | caught sight of |
7410 | in | vremder | gewalt | | in | (a) stranger's | possession |
| dô | wart | vil | manecvalt | | then | were | very | manifold |
| sîn | schrîen | und | sîn | weinen | | his | loud wailing | and | his | crying |
7413 | und | begunde | wol | bescheinen | | and | _ | clearly | demonstrated |
| des | pherdes | güete | | the | horse's | value |
| mit | grôzem | ungemüete | | in | great | anguish |
7416 | wan | ez | vil | starke | | raged | he | very | greatly |
| driu | tûsent | marke | | three | thousand | marks |
| bôt | ez | im | von | golde | | offered | he | him | in | gold |
7419 | daz | er | im- | -z | lâzen | solde | | (if) | he | (to) him | it | leave | would |
| nû | versprach | er | swaz | ez | im | bôt | | then | refused | he | whatever | he | him | offered |
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