Erec | daz | bekumberte | in | dô | sêre | | this | concerned | him | there | greatly |
244 | wan | daz | pherit | und | sîn | gewant | | than | his | horse | and | his | clothes |
| ouch | was | er | dâ | unerkant | | also | was | he | there | unknown |
| daz | im | niemen | zuo | sprach | | so that | to him | no one | _ | spoke |
247 | noch | ze | guote | ane | sach | | nor | _ | kindly | _ | looked at |
| die | gazzen | wâren | spils | vol | | the | streets | were | of merrymaking | full |
| als | ez | ze | hôchzîten | sol | | just as | it | at a | festival | should be |
250 | nû | reit | er | alsô | wîselôs | | now | rode | he | thus | aimlessly |
| unz | daz | er | verre | vor | im | kôs | | until | (that) | he | far ahead | before | him | noticed |
| ein | altez | gemiure | | an | old | building |
253 | dô | im | dô | sô | tiure | | since | for him | then | so | dear |
| die | herberge | wâren | | _ | lodging | was |
| eins | weges | begunde | er | vâren | | a | road | began | he | to seek (out) |
256 | der | in | dar | brâhte | | which | him | there | brought |
| wan | er | im | gedâhte | | because | he | (to himself) | thought |
| des | nahtes | belîben | dâ | | during the | night | to remain | there |
259 | wan | er | en- | -möhte | anderswâ | | since | he | not | could | elsewhere |
| daz | hûs | er | schouwen | begunde | | the | house | he | to examine | began |
| und | en- | -wânde | daz | er | vunde | | and | not | did think | that | he | would find |
262 | ieman | dar | inne | | anyone | _ | therein |
| daz | vreute | sîne | sinne | | this | pleased | his | attitude |
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