Erec | wie | der | grâve | Oringles | wære | erslagen | | how | the | Count | Oringles | had | been slain |
6836 | und | daz | hæte | ein | tôter | man | getân | | and | it | had | a | dead | man | done |
| nû | begunde | sich | Guivreiz | verstân | | now (only) | did begin | _ | Guivreiz | to realize |
| ze | jungest | an | dem | mære | | _ | near the end | of | the | account |
6839 | daz | ez | Êrec | wære | | that | it | Erec | was |
| noch | en- | -was | er | niht | entslâfen | | (as) yet | _ | had | he | not | gone to bed |
| vil | lûte | schrê | er | wâfen | | very | loudly | cried out | he | 'to arms' |
6842 | welh | ein | schade | muoz | ergân | | what | a | misfortune | must | happen |
| und | sol | den | lîp | verlorn | hân | | (if) | should | (his) | life | lost | have |
| der | beste | ritter | der | darf | leben | | the | best | knight | who | _ | alive |
6845 | im | en- | -welle | got | genâde | geben | | him | _ | (unless) may | God | (His) favor | grant |
| wirt | ez | dem | lantvolke | kunt | | (if) becomes | it | (to) the | people | known |
| si | ermürdent | in | zestunt | | they | will murder | him | immediately |
6848 | ouwê | möhte | ich | im | vor | sîn | | alas | could | I | him | _ | be before |
| daz | würde | mînem | vriunde | schîn | | that | would | my | friendship | show |
| doch | wirt | ez | versuochet | | yet | will | it | be attempted |
6851 | ob | es | got | geruochet | | if | it | God | wills |
| nû | wâfente | er | sich | drâte | | now | armed | he | himself | quickly |
| und | swaz | er | ritter | hâte | | and | whatever | he | (on) knights | had |
6854 | nû | wart | ir | wol | in | der | zal | | now | was | (of) them | indeed | in | _ | number |
| drîzec | ritter | über | al | | thirty | knights | in | all |
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