Erec | ob | er | selhen | marstaller | hæte | | if | he | such | (a) marshal | had |
359 | swie | si | schine | in | swacher | wæte | | however | she | shone | in | humble | clothes |
| sô | weiz | ich | daz | wîp | noch | man | | so | know | I | that (neither) | woman | nor | man |
| süezern | schiltkneht | nie | gewan | | (a) sweeter | squire | never | had |
362 | dan | Êrec | fil | de | roi | Lac | | than | Erec | fil | de | roi | Lac |
| dô | si | sînes | pherdes | phlac | | when | she | his | horse | tended |
| im | zam | von | selhem | knehte | | him | pleased | from | such a | servant |
365 | sîn | vuoter | wol | mit | rehte | | his | fodder | certainly | _ | justly |
| hie | wart | der | gast | berâten | | here | was | the | guest | provided (for) |
| als | si | des | state | hâten | | as | they | their | circumstances | permitted |
368 | guote | teppeche | gespreit | | fine | carpets | were spread (out) |
| unde | dar | ûf | geleit | | and | _ | on them | laid |
| alsô | rîchiu | bettewât | | such | rich | bed-linen |
371 | sô | si | diu | werlt | beste | hât | | as | _ | the | world | (the) best | has |
| mit | samîte | bezogen | | with | velvet | lined |
| dem | daz | golt | was | unerlogen | | on which | _ | gold | was | not missing |
374 | daz | daz | bette | ein | man | nie | möhte | erwegen | | so that | the | bed | a (single) | man | never | could | lift |
| und | selbe | vierde | müeste | legen | | and | even | four | had to | lay (it out) |
| und | dar | über | gebreit | | and | _ | on it | spread |
377 | nâch | grôzer | herren | werdekeit | | in keeping with | a great | lord's | splendor |
| kulter | von | zendâle | | (a) cover | of | taffeta |
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