Erec| | ein | ritterlîcher | aneblic | | a | knightly | sight |
| 7848 | zierte- | -z | hûs | innen | | adorned | the | castle | inside |
| | ez | rageten | vür | die | zinnen | | (there) | rode | above | the | battlements |
| | türne | von | quâdern | grôz | | towers | of | square blocks | hugh |
| 7851 | der | vuoge | niht | zesamene | slôz | | the | joints | not | _ | were held together |
| | dehein | sandic | phlaster | | (with) any | sandy | mortar |
| | si | wâren | gebunden | vaster | | they | were | bound | more firmly |
| 7854 | mit | îsen | und | mit | blîe | | with | iron (claps) | and | with | lead |
| | ie | drîe | unde | drîe | | always | three | and | three |
| | nâhen | zesamene | gesat | | closely | _ | set together |
| 7857 | dâ | enzwischen | was | diu | stat | | there | within | was | the | city |
| | gezimbers | niht | lære | | (of) buildings | not | empty |
| | dâ | sâzen | die | burgære | | there | lived | the | (fortress') inhabitants |
| 7860 | nâch | grôzer | ir | werdekeit | | inkeeping with | (the) great | (of) it | splendor |
| | alsô | was | daz | hûs | zebreit | | also | was | the | castle | spread out |
| | mit | den | türnen | nâch | ir | zal | | with | (its) | towers | in | their | number |
| 7863 | sô | was | ir | drîzec | über | al | | so | was | (of) them | thirty | in | all |
| | sus | was | daz | hûs | gevieret | | so | was | the | castle | embellished |
| | die | türne | gezieret | | the | towers | decorated |
| 7866 | obene | mit | goldes | knophen | rôt | | at the top | with | (of) gold | balls | red |
| | der | iegelîcher | verre | bôt | | of them | each | far | sent |
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