Erec | die | des | niht | wolden | haben | rât | | who | about this | nothing | would | take | advice |
8480 | von | tumbes | herzen | stiure | | (because) of | (a) foolish | heart's | insistance |
| si | suochten | âventiure | | they | sought | adventure |
| ich | sage | iu | swelh | ritter | guot | | I | will tell | you | whatever | knight | good |
8483 | her | kumt | ûf | den | selben | muot | | here | comes | with | the | same | intention |
| der | suoche | wan | die | porte | | he | should seek | only | the | gate |
| bî | dem | êrsten | worte | | at | (his) | first | word |
8486 | sô | vindet | er | si | offen | stân | | then | will find | he | it | open | standing |
| er | mac | drin | rîten | oder | gân | | he | can | therein | ride | or | walk |
| die | andern | belîbent | hie | vor | | the | others | must remain | _ | outside |
8489 | sô | besliuzet | sich | daz | tor | | then | will shut | by itself | the | gate |
| diu | rede | muoz | sich | scheiden | | the | matter | must | itself | be decided |
| danne | under | in | beiden | | then | between | them | both |
8492 | wan | swaz | ir | dewederm | geschiht | | then | whatever | (of) them | (to) either | happens |
| si- | -ne | hânt | eht | scheidæres | niht | | they | _ | do have | also | (a) referee | not |
| ich- | -n | weiz | wie | ez | nû | ergê | | I | _ | know | how | it | until now | happened |
8495 | wol | ein | halp | jâr | oder | mê | | well | a | half | year | or | more |
| ist | des | daz | im | niemen | kam | | is | it | that | (to) him | no one | came |
| sît | daz | er | den | lîp | benam | | since | that | he | the | lives | took |
8498 | rittern | die | ich | genennen | kan | | (of) knights | whom | I | name | can |
| er | sluoc | benamen | hie | drî | man | | he | slew | indeed | here | three | men |
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