Erec | er | sprach | des | en- | -sol | niht | geschehen | | he | spoke | of this | _ | shall | nothing | happen |
643 | er | hæte | harte | missesehen | | he | has | very | badly misjudged |
| swer | ein | wîp | erkande | | who | a | woman | recognizes |
| niuwan | bî | dem | gewande | | solely | by | (her) | clothes |
646 | man | sol | einem | wîbe | | one | should | a | woman |
| kiesen | bî | dem | lîbe | | recognize | by | (her) | person |
| ob | si | ze | lobe | stât | | whether | she | for | praise | is fit |
649 | unde | niht | bî | der | wât | | and | not | from | (her) | clothes |
| ich | lâze | ouch | hiute | schouwen | | I | will let | also | today | see |
| ritter | unde | vrouwen | | knights | and | ladies |
652 | und | wære | si | nacket | sam | mîn | hant | | and | were | she | nacked | as | my | hand |
| unde | swerzer | dan | ein | brant | | and | blacker | than | a | coal |
| daz | mich | sper | unde | swert | | that | (my) | lance | and | sword |
655 | volles | lobes | an | ir | wert | | full | praise | for | her | ensures |
| ode | ich | verliuse | daz | leben | | or | I | shall lose | (my) | life |
| got | sol | iu | gelücke | geben | | God | may | you | good fortune | give |
658 | sprach | der | herzoge | Îmâîn | | replied | _ | Duke | Imain |
| ouch | sult | ir | des | gewis | sîn | | also | can | you | of this | certain | be |
| daz | iuwer | ellenthafter | muot | | that | your | valiant | courage |
661 | iu | gevüeget | allez | guot | | on you | will bestow | all manner of | goodness |
| mit | dirre | rede | si | kâmen | | with | these | words | they | came |
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