Erec | aht | ros | vüeren | und | bewarn | | eight | horses | lead | and | care for |
3459 | dâ | si | eine | muoste | mite | varn | | whereas | she | alone | had | _ | to manage |
| wan | daz | vrou | Sælde | ir | was | bereit | | except | that | Lady | Providence | (for) her | was | present |
| und | daz | diu | gotes | hövescheit | | and | that | _ | God's | courtesy |
3462 | ob | mîner | vrouwen | swebete | | over | my | lady | hovered |
| und | dâ | wider | strebete | | and | there | _ | saw to (it) |
| daz | ir | dehein | grôz | ungemach | | that | (to) her | no | great | hardship |
3465 | von | den | rossen | niene | geschach | | from | the | horses | ever | happened |
| sô | wære | kumberlîch | ir | vart | | otherwise | would have been | difficult | her | trip |
| des | wart | diu | vrouwe | wol | bewart | | (from) this | was | the | lady | well | spared |
3468 | ouch | muosten | durch | einen | selhen | kneht | | also | had | with | a | such | squire |
| diu | ros | gerne | und | durch | reht | | the | horses | willingly | and | _ | rightfully |
| ir | ungestüemez | streben | lân | | their | impetuous | efforts | to abandon |
3471 | und | senfteclîchen | mite | gân | | and | gently | _ | go along |
| dô | begunden | si | balde | | then | began | they | quickly |
| gâhen | von | dem | walde | | to go | from | the | woods |
3474 | vil | schône | der | tac | ûf | gie | | very | beautifully | the | day | _ | dawned |
| als | si | dô | diu | naht | verlie | | as | them | then | the | night | left |
| dô | sach | vür | sich | Êrec | | then | saw | before | him | Erec |
3477 | wâ | in | wîste | der | wec | | that | him | led | the | road |
| z- | -einem | hûs | niht | verre | | to | a | castle | not | far (ahead) |
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