Erec | der | küneginne | was | vil | leit | | the | queen | was | very | troubled |
145 | daz | er | alsô | junger | reit | | that | he | so | young | rode |
| ûf | sô | grôze | vreise | | into | such | great | danger |
| si | bat | in | lân | die | reise | | she | asked | him | to forgo | the | journey |
148 | sô | lange | er | dô | urloubes | gerte | | so | long | he | then | leave | requested |
| unz | daz | si | in- | -s | gewerte | | until | that | she | to him | it | granted |
| ouch | gedâhte | der | juncherre | | also | thought | the | young lord |
151 | im | wære | daz | ze | verre | | for him | would be | it | too | far |
| ob | er | z- | -en | selben | zîten | | if | he | at | the | same | time |
| hin | wider | wolde | rîten | | there | _ | should | ride back |
154 | dâ | er | sînen | harnasch | hâte | | to where | he | his | armor | had |
| und | daz | er | alsô | drâte | | and | that | he | so | quickly |
| in | nimmer | genæme | | it | never | retrieved |
157 | swie | schiere | er | wider | kæme | | however | quickly | he | _ | returned |
| sô | wæren | si | im | entriten | gar | | so | would | they | from him | have ridden away | completely |
| und | îlte | in | nâch | alsô | bar | | and | hurried after | them | _ | thus | unarmed |
160 | dô | er | in | begunde | gâhen | nâ | | when | he | them | began | to hurry after | _ |
| dô | kam | er | rehte | ûf | ir | slâ | | then | came | he | quickly | upon | their | tracks |
| von | den | im | schade | was | geschehen | | from | whom | to him | harm | had | happened |
163 | vil | schiere | begunde | er | si | ane | sehen | | very | quickly | began | he | them | _ | to see |
| zuo | in | was | im | niht | ze | gâch | | after | them | was | for him | nothing | _ | in too great a haste |
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