Erec | an | swelhen | andern | dingen | | with | any | other | thing |
2397 | er- | -z | niht | mohte | bringen | | he | it | not | could | offer |
| dâ | schein | sîn | wille | alsô | | there | appeared | his | (good) will | such |
| daz | ir | iegelîcher | was | vrô | | that | of them | each | was | happy |
2400 | swâ | er | im | ze | lobenne | geschach | | whenever | he | him | to | praise | happened |
| in | minnete | allez | daz | in | sach | | him | loved | all | who | him | saw |
| er | tete | alsam | der | Sælden | schol | | he | acted | like | of | Fortune | (a) debtor |
2403 | man | en- | -spræche | im | anders | niht | sô | wol | | one | _ | would have spoken | of him | otherwise | not | so | well |
| nû | lebete | disiu | ritterschaft | | now | lived | this | knightly assembly |
| mit | gewonlîcher | vreuden | kraft | | with | of customary | pleasures | (an) abundance |
2406 | als | man | ze | turneien | phlac | | as | one | at | tournament | did |
| morgen | an | dem | suntac | | the (next) morning | on | _ | Sunday |
| tâten | si | als | ez | in | was | gewant | | did | they | as | it | for them | was | appropriate |
2409 | si | hiezen | ir | îsengewant | | they | ordered | their | armour |
| vegen | unde | riemen | | cleaned | and | bound |
| dâ | was | lützel | iemen | | there | was | hardly | anyone |
2412 | wan | den | turnierens | wol | gezam | | except | those who | for tournaments | well | were suited |
| alsô | dô | vür | kam | | when | then | _ | broke |
| vil | kûme | mitter | tac | | very | hardly | mid- | -day |
2415 | Êrec | fil | de | roi | Lac | | Erec | fil | de | roi | Lac |
| der | wâfente | sich | sâ | | he | armed | himself | immediately |
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