Erec | drîzec | ritter | über | al | | thirty | knights | in | all |
6856 | diu | ros | brâhte | man | in | dô | | the | horses | brought | one | (to) them | there |
| zwîvelhaft | und | unvrô | | anxious | and | grieving |
| sô | kêrte | der | künec | balde | | so | turned | the | king | quickly |
6859 | engegen | deme | walde | | towards | the | forest |
| daz | er | dem | ellenden | man | | (so) that | he | the | stranger | _ |
| ûz | dem | lande | hulfe | dan | | out (of) | the | land | might help | from there |
6862 | nû | gerieten | si | beide | einen | wec | | now | chose (by chance) | they | both | a | way |
| an | dirre | sîten | Êrec | | on | one | end | Erec |
| unde | jenenthalp | er | | and | on the other side | he |
6865 | der | eine | hin | der | ander | her | | the | one | there | the | other | here |
| daz | si | niht | mohten | bewarn | | (so) | they | not | could | turn (off) |
| si | en- | -müesten | ein | ander | widervarn | | they | _ | had | one | another | to meet |
6868 | alsô | vuocte- | -z | diu | geschiht | | so | had ordained | it | _ | fate |
| nû | en- | -weste | ir | deweder | niht | | now | _ | knew | (of) them | neither | nothing |
| umbe | des | andern | reise | | about | the | others | path |
6871 | des | kam | Êrec | in | vreise | | from this | came | Erec | into | danger |
| dô | si | noch | wâren | verre | | while | they | still | were | far (apart) |
| der | ellende | herre | | the | foreign | lord |
6874 | wart | vil | wol | gewar | | became | very | well | aware |
| der | gewâfenten | schar | | (of) the | armed | troop |
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