Erec | Êrec | fil | de | roi | Lac | | Erec | fil | de | roi | Lac |
1091 | ich | kum | morgen | ob | ich | mac | | I | shall come | tomorrow | if | I | can |
| ich | rîte | ze | mîner | wîle | | I | shall ride | at | my | leisure |
| dar | sint | niuwan | siben | mîle | | to there | are | only | seven | miles |
1094 | nû | gedenket | an | iuwer | sicherheit | | now | remember | _ | your | pledge |
| der | ritter | dô | enwec | reit | | the | knight | then | away | rode |
| er | und | sîn | vriundîn | | he | and | his | lady-love |
1097 | unde | daz | getwergelîn | | and | the | little dwarf |
| gegen | dem | künege | Artûse | | in the direction of | _ | King | Arthur |
| nû | was | er | ze | sînem | hûse | | now | had | he | to | his | castle |
1100 | wider | entwichen | in | daz | lant | | _ | returned | into | the | land |
| daz | was | Karadigân | genant | | this | was | Karadigan | called |
| dô | der | hirz | was | gejaget | | after | the | stag | had been | hunted |
1103 | als | iu | ê | ist | gesaget | | as | to you | before | was | told |
| nû | was | ez | alsô | ergangen | | now | had | it | so | happened |
| daz | den | hirz | hete | gevangen | | that | the | stag | had | caught |
1106 | der | künec | Artûs | mit | sîner | hant | | _ | King | Arthur | by | his (own) | hand |
| daz | reht | daz | dâ | von | wart | benant | | the | privilege | that | _ | with this | was | connected |
| daz | was | im | gevallen | | that | had | to him | fallen |
1109 | daz | er | under- | -n | megeden | allen | | that | he | from | the | ladies (-at-court) | all |
| eine | küssen | solde | | one | kiss | should |
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