Erec | und | volleclîche | wirtschaft | | and | complete | hospitality |
392 | doch | man- | -s | ûf | den | tisch | niht | truoc | | however | one | of it | to | the | table | nothing | carried |
| in | gap | der | reine | wille | genuoc | | for them | gave (was) | _ | good | will | enough |
| den | man | dâ | ze | hûse | vant | | which | one | there | in the | house | found |
395 | wan | er | ist | aller | güete | ein | phant | | for | it | is | (for) all | kindness | a | token |
| nû | muget | ir | hœren | mære | | now | can | you | hear | news |
| wer | dirre | alte | wære | | who | this | old man | was |
398 | daz | er | den | gast | sô | wol | emphie | | that | he | the | guest | so | well | received |
| und | er- | -s | niht | durch | sîn | armuot | lie | | and | he | it | not | because of | his | poverty | left |
| er | hete | dâ | vor | gehabet | ê | | he | had | _ | once | had | earlier |
401 | guotes | und | ouch | êren | mê | | wealth | and | also | esteem | greater |
| er | was | ein | grâve | rîche | | he | was | a | count | powerful |
| vil | gar | unlasterlîche | | _ | completely | without fault |
404 | sîns | erbes | verstôzen | | of his | inheritance | robbed |
| von | sînen | übergenôzen | | by | _ | stronger peers |
| in | en- | -hete | dehein | sîn | bôsheit | | him | _ | had | none | of his own | wrong doing |
407 | in | dise | armuot | geleit | | to | this | poverty | brought |
| ez | was | von | urliuge | komen | | it | was | by | (a) feud | caused |
| im | hete | diu | überkraft | genomen | | from him | had | _ | superior strength | taken |
410 | allez | daz | er | ie | gewan | | all | that | he | earlier | had gained |
| sô | vil | en- | -was | dem | rîchen | man | | so | much | _ | was | the | rich | man |
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