Erec | verre | in | allen | gâhen | | in the distance | in | great | haste |
9 | zuo | rîten | sâhen | | _ | riding towards (them) | saw |
| einen | ritter | selbedritten | | a | knight | with two others |
| vor (rîten) | ein | getwerc | dâ | enmitten | | (riding) out in front | a | dwarf | there | in between (them) |
12 | eine | juncvrouwen | gemeit | | a | maiden | courtly |
| schœne | unde | wol | gekleit | | beautiful | and | well- | -dressed |
| nû | wunderte | die | künegîn | | now | wondered | the | queen |
15 | wer | der | ritter | möhte | sîn | | who | the | knight | could | be |
| er | was | ze | harnasche | wol | | he | was | with | armor | well- (-equipped) |
| als | ein | guot | kneht | sol | | just as | a | good | knight | ought to be |
18 | Êrec | der | junge | man | | Erec | the | young | man |
| sîn | vrouwen | vrâgen | began | | his | lady | to ask | began |
| ob | er- | -z | ervarn | solde | | whether | he | it | find out | should |
21 | diu | vrouwe | des | niht | wolde | | the | lady | this | not | did want |
| si | bat | in | dâ | bî | ir | tweln | | she | asked | him | there | with | her | to remain |
| ein | juncvrouwen | begunde | si | ûz | weln | | a | maiden | started | she | _ | to select |
24 | die | si | möhte | senden | dar | | whom | she | could | send | there |
| si | sprach | rît | und | ervar | | she | spoke | ride | and | discover |
| wer | der | ritter | müge | sîn | | who | the | knight | could | be |
27 | und | sîn | geverte | daz | magedîn | | and | his | companion | the | maiden |
| diu | juncvrouwe | huop | sich | an | die | vart | | the | maiden | set out | _ | on | the | way |
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