Erec | ensament | mit | im | ezzen | | together | with | him | to eat |
3665 | wan | er | was | gesezzen | | for | he | was | seated |
| besunder | hie | und | si | dort | | apart | here | and | she | there |
| von | im | an | der | tweheln | ort | | from | him | at | the | table cloth's | end |
3668 | nû | begunde | den | grâven | riuwen | | now | took hold (of) | the | count | regrets |
| und | gedâhte | wider | sînen | triuwen | | and | thought | contrary to | his | fidelity |
| daz | er | die | vrouwen | verliez | | that | he | the | lady | left (go on) |
3671 | daz | er | si | im | niht | nemen | hiez | | (and) that | he | her | for himself | not | taken | had ordered |
| manecvalt | wart | sîn | gedanc | | many and varied | were | his | thoughts |
| als | in | der | vrouwen | schœne | twanc | | to which | him | the | lady's | beauty | drove |
3674 | wie | er | si | möhte | gewinnen | | (about) how | he | her | might | obtain |
| untriuwe | riet | sînen | sinnen | | unfaithfulness | advised | his | senses |
| daz | er | dar | sô | kæme | | so that | he | there | to the intent | came |
3677 | daz | er | si | im | benæme | | that | he | her | from him | would take (away) |
| daz | was | doch | wider | dem | rehte | | this | was | certainly | against | (his) | obligations |
| daz | er | dem | guoten | knehte | | that | he | (from) the | good | knight |
3680 | sîn | wîp | wolde | hân | genomen | | his | wife | intended | _ | to take |
| dô | er | in | sîn | lant | was | komen | | when | he | into | his | land | had | come |
| dâ | er- | -n | bevriden | solde | | (and) that | he | him | protect | should |
3683 | ob | im | iemen | schaden | wolde | | if | him | anyone | to harm | wanted |
| der | muot | was | im | von | minne | komen | | (this) | intent | had | to him | from | love | come |
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