Erec | er | reit | in | alsô | verre | nâch | | he | rode behind | them | at such a | distance | _ |
166 | daz | er | si | sach | und | si | in | niht | | that | he | them | saw | and | they | him | not |
| er | tete | als | dem | dâ | leit | geschiht | | he | acted | like | anyone to whom | at some time | injury | (has) happened |
| der | vlîzet | dicke | sich | dar | zuo | | he | is engaged | greatly | _ | _ | in this |
169 | wie | er- | -z | mit | vuoge | widertuo | | how | he | it | in | a proper manner | might repay |
| si | en- | -kâmen | ûf | dem | wege | | they | _ | came | on | the | way |
| ûzer | sîner | ougen | phlege | | from | his | eyes' | watch |
172 | des | vil | langen | tages | nie | | during | (the) very | long | day | never |
| unz | daz | der | âbent | ane | gie | | until | _ | _ | evening | _ | fell |
| nû | sach | er | wâ | engegen | im | schein | | now | saw | he | (how) that | before | him | appeared |
175 | ein | hûs | geheizen | Tulmein | | a | castle | named | Tulmein |
| des | wirt | der | herzoge | Îmâîn | | (its) | owner | _ | Duke | Imain |
| dâ | reit | der | ritter | vor | im | in | | _ | rode in | the | knight | before | him | there in |
178 | dâ | wart | er | emphangen | wol | | there | was | he | received | warmly |
| sô | man | ze | vriundes | hûse | sol | | just as | one | at | a friend's | castle | should be |
| und | als | dem | wirte | wol | gezam | | and | as | to the | host | well | is befitting |
181 | ich | sage | iu | durch | waz | er | kam | | I | shall tell | you | for | what (reason) | he | had come |
| mit | sîner | vriundîn | | with | his | lady-friend |
| ez | hete | der | herzoge | Îmâîn | | _ | had | _ | Duke | Imain |
184 | hôchzît | dâ | vor | zwei | jâr | | (a) festival | there | for the past | two | years |
| saget | diu | âventiure | wâr | | if it relates | the | narrative | correctly |
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