Erec | dan | reit | er | mit | den | wîben | | from there | rode | he | with | the | women |
9874 | und | brâhte | si | ze | hûse | | and | brought | them | to | (the) castle |
| dem | künege | Artûse | | (of) _ | King | Arthur |
| dar | was | er | michel | willekomen | | there | was | he | most | welcome |
9877 | und | wart | des | guot | war | genomen | | and | was | this | clearly | _ | noticed |
| daz | si | sô | gelîche | wâren | gekleit | | that | they | so | alike | were | dressed |
| und | ze | pherden | bereit | | and | on | horses | mounted |
9880 | und | begunden | des | von | schulden | jehen | | and | began | therefore | with | good reason | to say |
| daz | si | nie | hæten | gesehen | | that | they | never | had | seen |
| deheine | seltsænern | schar | | any | stranger | company |
9883 | sô | manege | vrouwen | in | einer | var | | (with) so | many | ladies | in | one | color |
| und | die | dar | umbe | niht | westen | | and | those who | _ | about it | nothing | did know |
| die | vrâgeten | von | den | gesten | | they | asked | of | the | guests |
9886 | wie- | -z | umbe | si | wære | gewant | | how | it | concerning | them | was | constituted |
| unz | in- | -z | Êrec | tete | erkant | | until | (to) them | it | Erec | made | known |
| hie | emphie | der | valsches | vrîe | | here | received | the | (of) falsehood | free (one) |
9889 | von | al | der | massenîe | | from | all | (of) the | retinue |
| sîner | arbeit | ze | lône | | (for) his | hardship | as | reward |
| alsô | der | êren | krône | | thus | _ | honor's | crown |
9892 | daz | er | z- | -em | prîse | wart | geseit | | (such) that | _ | to | (his) | praise | (it) was | said |
| daz | von | grôzer | manheit | | that | in | (such) great | valor |
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