Erec| | unde | blôz | sam | ein | hant | | and | bare | as | a | hand |
| 5402 | geleit | wâren | im | die | hende | | laid | were | (him) | (his) | hands |
| | ze | rücke | mit | gebende | | on | (his) back | with | bands |
| | und | die | vüeze | unden | | and | (his) | feet | under(neath) |
| 5405 | zesamene | gebunden | | _ | bound together |
| | vil | manegen | geiselslac | er | leit | | very | many | lashes | he | suffered |
| | dâ | er | vor | in | hin | reit | | where | he | before | them | ahead | rode |
| 5408 | si | sluogen | in | âne | erbarmen | | they | struck | him | without | pity |
| | sô | sêre | daz | dem | armen | | so | severly | that | (on) the | poor (one) |
| | diu | hût | hin | abe | hie | | the | skin | down | _ | was beaten |
| 5411 | von | dem | houbete | an | diu | knie | | from | (his) | head | to | (his) | knees |
| | si | brâchen | vaste | ritters | reht | | they | broke | completely | knight's | rights |
| | und | handelten | den | guoten | kneht | | and | laid hands on | the | good | knight |
| 5414 | und | wære | er | begangen | | and | had | he | committed |
| | an | diebes | stat | gevangen | | (and) in | (a) thief's | place | been captured |
| | selher | zuht | wære | ze | vil | | such (a) | punishment | would have been | too | severe |
| 5417 | er | was | geslagen | unz | ûf | daz | zil | | he | had been | whipped | (up) | to | the | point |
| | daz | er | des | bluotes | was | ersigen | | that | he | (of) | blood | was | depleted |
| | unde | nû | sô | gar | geswigen | | and | now | so | completely | silenced |
| 5420 | daz | in | schrîens | verdrôz | | that | (for) him | crying out | was too much |
| | daz | bluot | regens | wîs | vlôz | | (his) | blood | in rain's | manner | flowed |
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