Erec | des | ritteres | sîten | | the | knight's | side |
5151 | diu | werlt | ze | deheinen | zîten | | the | world | at | no | time |
| bezzer | phlaster | nie | gewan | | (a) better | plaster | ever | had |
| wundert | nû | deheinen | man | | is wondering | now | any- | -one |
5154 | der- | -z | gerne | vernæme | | who | (of) it | gladly | would hear |
| von | wanne | diz | phlaster | kæme | | from | where | this | plaster | came |
| daz | hâte | Feimurgân | | that | had | Feimurgan |
5157 | des | küneges | swester | dâ | verlân | | the | king's | sister | there | left |
| lange | vor | dô | si | erstarp | | long | ago | (when) | she | died |
| waz | starker | liste | an | ir | verdarp | | what | powerful | arts | with | her | perished |
5160 | unde | vremder | sinne | | and | extraordinary | knowledge |
| si | was | ein | gotinne | | she | was | a | goddess |
| man | en- | -mac | diu | wunder | niht | gesagen | | one | _ | can | the | wonders | not | tell |
5163 | von | ir | man | muoz | ir | mê | verdagen | | from | her | one | must | (about) them | most | keep silent |
| der | diu | selbe | vrouwe | phlac | | which | (this) | same | lady | performed |
| doch | sô | ich | meiste | mac | | yet | as far as | I | best | can |
5166 | sô | sage | ich | waz | si | kunde | | so | will tell | I | what | she | could do |
| swenne | si | begunde | | when | she | began |
| ougen | ir | zouberlist | | to demonstrate | her | magic |
5169 | sô | hâte | si | in | kurzer | vrist | | so | had | she | in | (a) short | time |
| die | werlt | umbevarn | dâ | | die | world | traveled around | there |
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