Erec | oder | er | hât | den | ritter | gesant | | or | he | has | the | knight | sent |
1191 | sigelôsen | in | diz | lant | | defeated | to | this | land |
| durch | unsers | hoves | êre | | for the | of our | court | honor |
| des | selben | gedinge | ich | sêre | | this | same | hope | I | very much |
1194 | nû | jâhen | si | alle | der | künegîn | | now | agreed | they | all | (with) the | queen |
| der | eintweder- | -z | möhte | wol | sîn | | the | one or (the) other | it | would | certainly | be |
| ê | diu | rede | wære | getân | | before | the | words | were | spoken |
1197 | Îdêrs | ûf | Karadigân | | Iders | into | Karadigan |
| gegenwürtic | über | den | hof | reit | | at this time | over | the | court-yard | rode |
| ze | einem | steine | der | was | breit | | to | a | stone | which | was | flat |
1200 | ein | wênic | ûf | an | eine | stat | | a | little | elevated | in | a | place |
| vor | der | grêde | gesat | | in front of | the | steps | placed |
| der | was | gemachet | ûf | dem | hûs | | this | was | provided | at | the | castle |
1203 | daz | der | künec | Artûs | | so that | _ | King | Arthur |
| dâ | erbeizete | und | ouch | ûf | saz | | there | (could) dismount | and | also | _ | mount |
| der | ritter | gedâhte | wâ | er | baz | | the | knight | thought | where | he | better |
1206 | erbeizen | möhte | dan | ouch | dâ | | dismount | could | than | also | there |
| bî | dem | steine | erbeizete | er | sâ | | at | the | stone | (so) dismounted | he | immediately |
| als | man | in | diu | ros | emphie | | after | one | from them | (their) | horses | took |
1209 | mit | dem | getwerge | er | dô | gie | | with | the | dwarf | he | there | went |
| und | mit | sîner | vriundîn | | and | with | his | lady-love |
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