Erec | was | der | herzoge | Îmâîn | | was | the | Duke | Imain |
437 | des | diu | hôchzît | solde | sîn | | through whom | the | festival | was | to take place |
| der | herre | von | dem | lande | | the | lord | of | the | country |
| ir | geburt | was | âne | schande | | her | birth | was | without | disgrace |
440 | nû | sagen | wir | ouch | dâ | bî | | now | will say | we | also | _ | thereby |
| von | wiu | diu | rede | erhaben | sî | | _ | why | the | narrative | begun | was |
| dô | daz | pherit | was | begangen | | when | the | horse | had been | cared for |
443 | nû | en- | -lât | iuch | niht | belangen | | now | _ | let | you | nothing | concern |
| sprach | der | wirt | z- | -em | gaste | | spoke | the | host | to | the | guest |
| Êrecken | muote | vaste | | Erec | was troubled | greatly |
446 | sîn | schade | den | er | dâ | vor | gewan | | by his | disgrace | that | he | _ | before | had suffered |
| den | wirt | er | vrâgen | began | | the | host | he | to question | began |
| waz | der | schal | von | den | liuten | | what | the | noise | from | the | people |
449 | möhte | bediuten | | could | mean |
| den | er | in | dem | markte | hete | gesehen | | that | he | in | the | market place | had | seen |
| dô | begunde | im | der | wirt | jehen | | then | began | him | the | host | to explain |
452 | wie- | -z | umbe | die | rede | was | getân | | how | it | concerning | the | tale | had | happened |
| als | ich | iu | gesaget | hân | | as | I | you | told | have |
| beide | umbe | die | hôchzît | | both | about | the | festival |
455 | und | ouch | des | sparwæres | strît | | and | also | (about) the | for the sparrow-hawk | contest |
| als | er | im | gesagete | daz | | when | he | him | told | this |
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