Erec | von | al | der | massenîe | | from | all | (of) the | retinue |
9890 | sîner | arbeit | ze | lône | | (for) his | hardship | as | reward |
| alsô | der | êren | krône | | thus | _ | honor's | crown |
| daz | er | z- | -em | prîse | wart | geseit | | (such) that | _ | to | (his) | praise | (it) was | said |
9893 | daz | von | grôzer | manheit | | that | in | (such) great | valor |
| nieman | z- | -er | werlde | kæme | | no one | into | the | world | came |
| tiurre | oder | baz | genæme | | finer | or | more | agreeable |
9896 | wan | nie | manne | von | den | landen | | for | never | (from) (a) person | in | the | lands |
| sô | grôz | dinc | wære | erstanden | | such | great | things | had | been accomplished |
| von | rîcher | âventiure | | in | splendid | adventure |
9899 | wan | daz | vrou | Sælde | ir | stiure | | except | that | Dame | Fortune | her | assistance |
| gap | sîner | ammen | diu | sîn | phlac | | gave | (to) his | nurse | who | (for) him | cared |
| dô | er | in | der | wagen | lac | | when | he | in | the | cradle | lay |
9902 | sô | en- | -möhte- | -z | nimmer | sîn | geschehen | | so | _ | could | it | never | have | happened |
| als | si | die | vrouwen | heten | gesehen | | when | they | the | ladies | had | seen |
| daz | dûhte | si | ein | vremdiu | sache | | this | appeared | (to) them | a | strange | affair |
9905 | nû | vuorte | si | ze | gemache | | now | led | them | to | (their) chambers |
| diu | vil | edel | künegîn | | the | most | noble | queen |
| ir | sêle | müeze | sælic | sîn | | her | soul | may | blessed | be |
9908 | wan | si | vil | gerne | âne | bete | | for | she | very | gladly | without | request |
| vol | tugentlîche | tete | | most | nobly | acted |
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