Erec | unde | daz | er | komen | dar | | how | that | he | came | there |
468 | mit | sîner | âmîen | wære | | with | his | lady-love | had |
| ze | nemen | den | sparwære | | to | take | the | sparrow-hawk |
| alsô | schiere | er | diz | vernam | | _ | as soon as | he | this | heard |
471 | mit | vrâge | er | vürbaz | kam | | with | questions | he | further | proceeded |
| unz | im | der | wirt | tete | erkant | | until | to him | the | host | made | known |
| wie- | -z | umbe | in | selben | was | gewant | | how | it | concerning | _ | himself | was | constituted |
474 | als | er | im- | -s | begarwe | jach | | when | he | to him | it | completely | told |
| Êrec | stuont | ûf | unde | sprach | | Erec | stood up | _ | and | spoke |
| genâde | wirt | und | herre | | please | (my) host | and | lord |
477 | daz | ez | mir | iht | gewerre | | that | it | to me | nothing | prohibits |
| sît | ez | sô | umbe | iuch | stât | | since | it | so | concerning | you | stands |
| sô | suoche | ich | helfe | unde | rât | | so | seek | I | (your) help | and | advice |
480 | ûf | genâde | sô | sî | iu | bejehen | | in | the hope | so | be | to you | confessed |
| mir | ist | ein | leit | von | im | geschehen | | to me | has | a | wrong | from | him | happened |
| daz | ich | immer | klagen | sol | | that | I | always | lament | will |
483 | ez | en- | -sî | daz | ich | mich- | -s | erhol | | _ | _ | unless | that | I | myself | for this | make amends |
| sîn | getwerc | mich | harte | sêre | sluoc | | his | dwarf | me | most | severely | struck |
| daz | ich | im | durch | nôt | vertruoc | | this | I | from him | because of | necessity | endured |
486 | er | was | gewâfent | und | ich | blôz | | he | was | armed | and | I | bare |
| des | ez | dô | benamen | genôz | | because of this | he | there | indeed | had the advantage |
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