Erec| | und | dâ | wider | strebete | | and | there | _ | saw to (it) |
| 3464 | daz | ir | dehein | grôz | ungemach | | that | (to) her | no | great | hardship |
| | von | den | rossen | niene | geschach | | from | the | horses | ever | happened |
| | sô | wære | kumberlîch | ir | vart | | otherwise | would have been | difficult | her | trip |
| 3467 | des | wart | diu | vrouwe | wol | bewart | | (from) this | was | the | lady | well | spared |
| | ouch | muosten | durch | einen | selhen | kneht | | also | had | with | a | such | squire |
| | diu | ros | gerne | und | durch | reht | | the | horses | willingly | and | _ | rightfully |
| 3470 | ir | ungestüemez | streben | lân | | their | impetuous | efforts | to abandon |
| | und | senfteclîchen | mite | gân | | and | gently | _ | go along |
| | dô | begunden | si | balde | | then | began | they | quickly |
| 3473 | gâhen | von | dem | walde | | to go | from | the | woods |
| | vil | schône | der | tac | ûf | gie | | very | beautifully | the | day | _ | dawned |
| | als | si | dô | diu | naht | verlie | | as | them | then | the | night | left |
| 3476 | dô | sach | vür | sich | Êrec | | then | saw | before | him | Erec |
| | wâ | in | wîste | der | wec | | that | him | led | the | road |
| | z- | -einem | hûs | niht | verre | | to | a | castle | not | far (ahead) |
| 3479 | dâ | des | landes | herre | | where | the | land's | lord |
| | ein | rîcher | grâve | ûfe | saz | | a | powerful | count | _ | lived |
| | nû | wâren | si | beide | âne | maz | | now | had | they | both | without | eating |
| 3482 | alle | die | naht | geriten | | all | (the) | night | ridden |
| | und | hâten | kumber | erliten | | and | had | hardships | endured |
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