Erec | nû | en- | -darf | niemen | sprechen | daz | | now | _ | should | no one | say | this |
4151 | von | wanne | kam | daz | diu | vrouwe | baz | | _ | how | was (it) | that | the | lady | better |
| beide | gehôrte | und | gesach | | both | could hear | and | could see |
| ich | sage | iu | von | wiu | daz | geschach | | I | will tell | you | _ | how | that | happened |
4154 | diu | vrouwe | reit | gewæfens | bar | | the | lady | rode | of weapons | bare |
| dâ | was | er | gewâfent | gar | | on the other hand | was | he | armed | completely |
| als | ein | guot | ritter | sol | | as | a | proper | knight | should (be) |
4157 | des | gehôrte | er | noch | gesach | sô | wol | | therefore | could hear | he | nor | could see | as | well |
| ûz | der | îsenwæte | | through | the | armor |
| als | er | blôzer | tæte | | as | he | less armed | could do |
4160 | des | was | im | warnunge | nôt | | therefore | was | (for) him | (for) (a) warning | (a) need |
| und | vrumte | im | dicke | vür | den | tôt | | and | helped | him | often | from | _ | death |
| doch | ez | im | solde | wesen | zorn | | even though | it | him | should | (cause) | anger |
4163 | er | hæte | dicke | verlorn | | (so) he | had | often | lost |
| von | unbesihte | den | lîp | | from | lack of vision | (his) | life |
| wan | daz | in | warnte | daz | wîp | | except | that | him | warned | (his) | wife |
4166 | nû | en- | -hete | si | im- | -z | niht | vol | geseit | | now | _ | had | she | him | (about) it | not | fully | told |
| ê | der | grâve | zuo | reit | | before | the | count | _ | rode up |
| und | als | er | in | ane | sach | | and | when | he | him | _ | saw |
4169 | vil | unritterlîch | er | sprach | | very | unchivalrously | he | spoke |
| mit | ungezæme | grimme | | with | disproportunate | hostility |
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