Erec | daz | er | in | mit | gewalte | nam | | that | he | it | with | force | could take |
216 | in | getorste | dâ | nieman | bestân | | him | dared | there | no one | to oppose |
| strîtes | wart | er | gar | erlân | | from challenge | was | he | completely | spared |
| nû | en- | -weste | Êrec | niht | | now | _ | knew | Erec | nothing |
219 | umbe | dise | geschiht | | about | this | situation |
| wan | daz | er | im | durch | sîn | leit | | except | that | he | him | because of | his | insult |
| ûf | âventiure | nâch | reit | | on | adventure | _ | rode after |
222 | nû | begunde | sîgen | der | tac | | now | began | to sink | the | day |
| ein | market | under- | -m | hûse | lac | | a | market | below | the | castle | lay |
| dâ | kam | er | geriten | in | | _ | _ | he | rode in | there in |
225 | die | burc | meit | er | durch | den | sin | | the | castle | avoided | he | in | the | belief |
| daz | er | sîn | iht | würde | gewar | | that | he | him | in some manner | would | become aware of |
| dem | er | hete | gevolget | dar | | (he) whom | he | had | followed | there |
228 | nû | er | suochende | reit | | now | he | seeking | rode |
| wer | in | durch | sîne | vrümekeit | | who | him | out of | his | goodness |
| des | nahtes | næme | in | sîne | phlege | | (for) the | night | might take | in | his | care |
231 | nû | vant | er | an | dem | wege | | now | found | he | along | the | way |
| von | den | liuten | grôzen | schal | | of | _ | of people | (a) great | throng |
| diu | hiuser | wâren | über | al | | the | houses | were | over | all |
234 | beherberget | vaste | | booked | full |
| der | sich | sîn | ze | gaste | | who | _ | him | as | guest |
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