Erec | die | tavel | man | abe | nam | | the | table | one | _ | pack-up |
5020 | und | îlte | vür | vil | drâte | | and | hurried ahead | _ | very | quickly |
| nâch | sînes | neven | râte | | in accordance with | his | nephew's | advice |
| und | leite | sich | rehte | umbe | den | wec | | and | placed | himself | right | by | the | way |
5023 | daz | der | ritter | Êrec | | (so) that (if) | the | knight | Erec |
| iender | kæme | dâ | bî | | anywhere | came | _ | thereby |
| er | en- | -rite | rehte | vür | sî | | he | _ | would (have to) ride | directly | towards | them |
5026 | Gâwein | der | tugenthafte | man | | Gawein | the | virtuous | man |
| Êrecken | sûmen | began | | Erec | to delay | began |
| mit | listen | swâ | er | kunde | | with | cleverness | wherever | he | could |
5029 | unz | daz | er | im | die | stunde | | until | that | he | (for) him | the | time |
| mit | kurzewîle | abe | genam | | with | pleasantries | _ | used up |
| unz | daz | der | künec | wol | vür | kam | | until | that | the | king | well | _ | came ahead |
5032 | swie | ofte | er | in | wider | rîten | bat | | however | often | he | him | _ | to ride back | bade |
| sô | sprach | er | iezuo | an | der | stat | | so | spoke | he | directly | on | the | spot |
| unz | er | mit | schœner | trügeheit | | until | he | with | clever | deception |
5035 | den | walt | mit | im | ûz | reit | | (from) the | forest | with | him | _ | rode out |
| dâ | der | künec | umbe | den | wec | lac | | where | the | king | by | the | way | was encamped |
| und | als | Êrec | fil | de | roi | Lac | | and | when | Erec | fil | de | roi | Lac |
5038 | die | poulûne | alle | ersach | | the | tents | all | caught sight of |
| niht | liebes | im | dar | an | geschach | | nothing | agreeable | (to) him | _ | thereon | happened |
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