Erec | und | reit | vor | an | den | wec | | and | rode ahead | _ | on | the | way |
3287 | diz | gebôt | Êrec | | this | commanded | Erec |
| der | pherde | si | dô | phlac | | the | horses | she | then | cared for |
| dar | nâch | als | ein | vrouwe | mac | | _ | after this | as well as | a | lady | could |
3290 | baz | si | en- | -kunde | | better | she | not | could do |
| sâ | zuo | der | stunde | | immediately | at | the | time |
| kûme | eine | wîle | | hardly | (any) | time |
3293 | niuwan | drî | mîle | | no more than | three | miles |
| riten | sî | beide | | had ridden | they | both |
| ê | daz | ir | aber | leide | | before | that | to her | again | sorrow |
3296 | von | sorgen | geschach | | because of | worry | happened |
| wan | si | vor | ir | ligen | sach | | for | she | before | her | lying (in wait) | saw |
3299 | man | saget | daz | ez | wære | | one | says | that | (there) | was |
| ein | geselleschaft | under | in | | an | arrangement | among | them |
| und | daz | si | teilten | ir | gewin | | and | that | they | divided | their | plunder |
3302 | mit | den | die | Êrec | hete | erslagen | | with | those | whom | Erec | had | slain |
| der | eine | begunde- | -z | den | andern | sagen | | the | one | (would) | (it) | (to) the | others | tell |
| dise | vünve | und | jene | drî | man | | these | five | and | (the) other | three | men |
3305 | von | den | ich | iu | vor | gesaget | han | | about | whom | I | you | _ | told before | have |
| die | heten | den | walt | in | ir | phlege | | they | had | the | forest | in | their | control |
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