Erec | er | brâhte | sîn | massenîe | gar | | he | brought | his | retinue | entire |
2372 | nû | wâren | die | besten | dâ | ze | wege | | now | were | the | best | there | at | (that) place |
| geherberget | nâch | ir | phlege | | lodged | according to | their | custom |
| die | uopten | ritterlîchen | schal | | they | engaged | (a) knightly | revelry |
2375 | die | herberge | wâren | über | al | | (their) | lodgings | were | every | where |
| mit | liehten | bestaht | | with | lights | equipped |
| de- | -is- | -wâr | alle | die | naht | | this | is | true | all | the | night |
2378 | Êrec | herbergete | dort | | Erec | lodged | there |
| von | den | andern | an | ein | ort | | (away) from | the | others | at | a | place |
| deheines | schalles | er | began | | no | revelry | he | undertook |
2381 | er | lebete | als | ein | vol | karger | man | | he | lived | as | an | utterly | prudent | man |
| ungiudeclîchen | | inextravagantly |
| und | en- | -wolde | sich | niht | gelîchen | | and | _ | do want | himself | not | (to be) compared |
2384 | einem | guoten | knehte | | to a | great | warrior |
| und | von | allem | rehte | | and | with | all | justification |
| giudens | urloup | möhte | er | hân | | boasting | leave | could | he | _ |
2387 | der- | -z | dicke | vür | in | hete | getân | | to those who | it | often | before | him | had | done |
| er | en- | -dûhte | sich | niht | sô | vollekomen | | he | _ | considered | himself | neither | so | accomplished |
| noch | an | manheit | vernomen | | nor | for | manliness | well-known |
2390 | daz | ez | im | erloubet | möhte | sîn | | that | this | to him | permitted | could | be |
| swelher | der | gesellen | sîn | | whoever | (of) | friends | his |
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