Erec | vür | daz | kastel | schouwen | | before | the | castle | to look (around) |
1158 | beide | si | dô | sâhen | | both | they | then | saw |
| disen | ritter | zuo | gâhen | | this | knight | _ | approaching |
| verre | ûz | dem | walde | | in the distance | out of | the | woods |
1161 | nû | tâten | si- | -z | balde | | now | made | they | it | quickly |
| der | küneginne | kunt | | to the | queen | known |
| ûf | stuont | si | zestunt | | _ | stood up | she | immediately |
1164 | ir | vrouwen | si | zuo | ir | nam | | her | ladies | she | with | her | took |
| an | ein | venster | si | kam | | to | the | window | she | came |
| daz | si | war | næme | | so that | she | _ | could see |
1167 | wer | dâ | geriten | kæme | | who | there | ridding | came |
| dâ | stuont | si | und | diu | ritterschaft | | there | stood | she | and | the | knights |
| bî | ein | ander | zwîvelhaft | | with | _ | one another | in doubt |
1170 | wer | der | ritter | möhte | sîn | | who | the | knight | might | be |
| dô | sprach | diu | künegîn | | then | spoke | the | queen |
| ez | ist | benamen | der | man | | it | is | certainly | the | man |
1173 | als | ich | verre | kiesen | kan | | as (far as) | I | at this distance | tell | can |
| und | als | mir | mîn | gemüete | seit | | and | as | me | my | sense | tells |
| dem | Êrec | dô | nâch | reit | | the one whom | Erec | then | _ | rode after |
1176 | nû | sehet | ir | sint | drîe | | now | see | of them | (there) are | three |
| daz | getwerc | und | sîn | âmîe | | the | dwarf | and | his | lady-love |
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