Erec | abe | dem | aste | er | ez | nam | | from | the | branch | he | it | took |
7405 | als | daz | getwerc | wider | kam | | when | the | dwarf | _ | returned |
| und | ez | daz | pherit | nie- | -ne | vant | | and | he | the | horse | not | _ | did find |
| an | dem | boume | dar- | -z | ez | bant | | at | the | tree | where | he | it | had tied |
7408 | grôz | was | sîn | ungemach | | great | was | his | distress |
| und | als | ez | daz | pherit | ersach | | and | when | he | the | horse | caught sight of |
| in | vremder | gewalt | | in | (a) stranger's | possession |
7411 | dô | wart | vil | manecvalt | | then | were | very | manifold |
| sîn | schrîen | und | sîn | weinen | | his | loud wailing | and | his | crying |
| und | begunde | wol | bescheinen | | and | _ | clearly | demonstrated |
7414 | des | pherdes | güete | | the | horse's | value |
| mit | grôzem | ungemüete | | in | great | anguish |
| wan | ez | vil | starke | | raged | he | very | greatly |
7417 | driu | tûsent | marke | | three | thousand | marks |
| bôt | ez | im | von | golde | | offered | he | him | in | gold |
| daz | er | im- | -z | lâzen | solde | | (if) | he | (to) him | it | leave | would |
7420 | nû | versprach | er | swaz | ez | im | bôt | | then | refused | he | whatever | he | him | offered |
| sîner | habe | was | im | unnôt | | his | wealth | was | (for) him | not needed |
| alsô | vuorte | er- | -z | von | dan | | so | led | he | it | from | there |
7423 | nû | huop | der | wênige | man | | now | raised | the | little | man |
| von | jâmer | alsô | grôzen | schal | | from | grief | such a | great | outcry |
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