Erec | diu | guot | umbe | êre | nam | | who | goods | in return for | praise | took |
2168 | der | en- | -tete | man | niht | eines | rât | | to them | not | did give | one | nothing | in the way of | reward |
| den | gelimph | varndez | volc | hât | | the | custom | itinerate | people | have |
| swâ | man | einem | vil | gît | | that whenever | one | one | much | gives |
2171 | und | dem | andern | niht | des | hât | er | nît | | and | the | other | nothing | because of this | has | he | envy |
| und | vluochet | der | hôchzît | | and | curses | the | festival |
| des | kam | dâ | niemen | in | den | strît | | in this (situation) | came | there | no one | into | _ | conflict |
2174 | wan | si | wurden | rîche | | because | they | became | rich |
| man | gap | dâ | vil | starke | | one | gave | there | very | generously |
2177 | von | golde | drîzec | marke | | of | gold | thirty | marks |
| die | gap | man | dâ | vil | manegem | man | | these | gave | one | there | very | many | people |
| der | vor | nie | gewan | | who | before | never | received |
2180 | eines | halben | phundes | wert | | of | half | (a) pound | value |
| si | wurden | alle | sô | gewert | | they | were | all | so | provided (for) |
| des | wætlîch | nimmer | mêre | ergât | | (so that it) | probably | never | again | will happen |
2183 | beide | ros | unde | wât | | both | horses | and | clothing |
| gap | man | der | swachen | diet | | gave | one | to the | poor | people |
| die | vordes | nieman | beriet | | (for) whom | before this | no one | provided (for) |
2186 | alsô | wart | daz | wol | behuot | | thus | was | it | will | prevented |
| daz | dâ | nieman | umbe | guot | | that | there | no one | because of | wealth |
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