Erec | swâ | er | des | state | vunde | | wherever | he | for this | opportunity | found |
2421 | nû | wâren | ouch | z- | -er | stunde | | now | had | also | at | the | (same) time |
| vür | komen | ûf | den | selben | muot | | _ | come (out) | with | the | same | intention |
| gesellen | zwêne | ritter | guot | | (of) companions | two | knights | fine |
2424 | und | als | si | in | gesâhen | | and | when | they | him | saw |
| zuo | im | begunden | si | gâhen | | to | him | began | they | to go |
| ûf | vil | gewissen | sin | | with | (a) very | definite | purpose |
2427 | der | ein | tjostierte | wider | in | | the | one | jousted | with | him |
| den | selben | er | von | dem | rosse | stach | | the | same | he | from | (his) | horse | thrust |
| dem | andern | alsam | geschach | | to the | other | the same | happened |
2430 | ir | rosse | er | niene | ruochte | | their | horses | he | never | bothered (with) |
| wan | daz | er | vürbaz | suochte | | _ | instead | he | further | sought |
| ritterschefte | mêre | | knightly contests | more |
2433 | dô | geviel | im | diu | êre | | there | fell | to him | the | honor |
| diu | in | an | lobe | zierte | | which | him | with | praise | decorated |
| daz | er | vünfstunt | tjostierte | | that | he | five times | jousted |
2436 | alsô | daz | nie | ritter | baz | | such | that | never | knight | better (was) |
| zwô | genâde | vuocten | im | daz | | two | gifts | granted | him | this |
| sælde | und | grôze | werdekeit | | good fortune | and | great | ability |
2439 | die | hâte | got | an | in | geleit | | these | had | God | to | him | given |
| dise | tjost | hete | er | genomen | | these | jousts | had | he | undertaken |
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