Erec | ûzer | sîner | ougen | phlege | | from | his | eyes' | watch |
172 | des | vil | langen | tages | nie | | during | (the) very | long | day | never |
| unz | daz | der | âbent | ane | gie | | until | _ | _ | evening | _ | fell |
| nû | sach | er | wâ | engegen | im | schein | | now | saw | he | (how) that | before | him | appeared |
175 | ein | hûs | geheizen | Tulmein | | a | castle | named | Tulmein |
| des | wirt | der | herzoge | Îmâîn | | (its) | owner | _ | Duke | Imain |
| dâ | reit | der | ritter | vor | im | in | | _ | rode in | the | knight | before | him | there in |
178 | dâ | wart | er | emphangen | wol | | there | was | he | received | warmly |
| sô | man | ze | vriundes | hûse | sol | | just as | one | at | a friend's | castle | should be |
| und | als | dem | wirte | wol | gezam | | and | as | to the | host | well | is befitting |
181 | ich | sage | iu | durch | waz | er | kam | | I | shall tell | you | for | what (reason) | he | had come |
| mit | sîner | vriundîn | | with | his | lady-friend |
| ez | hete | der | herzoge | Îmâîn | | _ | had | _ | Duke | Imain |
184 | hôchzît | dâ | vor | zwei | jâr | | (a) festival | there | for the past | two | years |
| saget | diu | âventiure | wâr | | if it relates | the | narrative | correctly |
| sô | hete | er | si | dô | z- | -em | dritten | | so | had | he | it | there | for | the | third time |
187 | an | eine | wise | enmitten | | in | a | meadow | in the middle of |
| hete | er | hôhe | an | eine | stat | | had | he | high | on | a | place |
| einen | sparwære | ûf | gesat | | a | sparrow-hawk | _ | set up |
190 | ûf | eine | stange | silberîn | | on | a | perch | of silver |
| diz | muoste | jærlîche | sîn | | this | was | annually | to be held |
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