Erec| | des | herze | doch | vil | stæte | was | | whose | heart | indeed | most | steadfast | was |
| 8427 | und | vester | dan | der | adamas | | and | harder | than | (a) | diamond |
| | von | dem | man | selhe | kraft | seit | | to | which | one | such | power | ascribes |
| | unde | würde | der | geleit | | and (if) | were | it | placed |
| 8430 | zwischen | zwein | bergen | stehelîn | | between | two | mountains | (of) steel |
| | wie | möhte- | -z | wunder | grœzer | sîn | | how | could | a | wonder | greater | be |
| | die | zemüele | er | kleine | | them | would grind | it | small |
| 8433 | ê | man | ez | dem | steine | | before | one | it | (on) the | stone |
| | iender | möhte | erkiesen | an | | anywhere | would | notice | _ |
| | dannoch | hâte | dirre | man | | however | had | this | man |
| 8436 | ze | knehtheit | stæteren | muot | | for | knighthood | a more steadfast | resolve |
| | dâ | von | daz | einer | slahte | bluot | | _ | because | _ | a | (certain) kind | of blood |
| | disen | stein | geweichen | mac | | this | stone | soften | can |
| 8439 | sô | -ne | kunde | âne | des | tôdes | slac | | thus | _ | could | except (for) | _ | death's | blow |
| | niht | sînen | muot | betwingen | | nothing | his | heart | defeat |
| | noch | ûf | zageheit | bringen | | nor | to | cowardice | turn |
| 8442 | der | rede | begunde | er | lachen | | (at these) | words | began | he | to laugh |
| | er | sprach | von | swelhen | sachen | | he | spoke | about | such | matters |
| | ich | niht | vrâgen | getar | | (about which) I | not | (to) ask | would dare |
| 8445 | die | sint | ouch | ze | griulîch | gar | | they | are | indeed | too | horrible | entirely |
| | daz | ich | dar | nâch | gevrâget | hân | | (however) that | I | _ | about it | asked | _ |
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