Erec | swer | ûf | die | zinnen | sitzen | gie | | whoever | on | the | battlement | to sit | went |
7879 | und | er | ze | tal | diu | ougen | lie | | and | he | _ | downwards | (his) | eyes | cast |
| den | dûhte | daz | gevelle | | (to) him | seemed | the | gorge |
| sam | er | sæhe | in | die | helle | | as if | he | were looking | into | _ | hell |
7882 | der | swindel | in | ze | tal | zôch | | _ | dizziness | him | _ | downwards | pulled |
| sô | daz | er | wider | in | vlôch | | so | that | he | again | _ | hurried inside |
| an | der | anderen | sîten | | on | the | other | side |
7885 | dâ | man | zuo | mohte | rîten | | where | one | _ | could | approach |
| dâ | stuont | ein | stat | vil | rîche | | there | stood | a | residence | very | splendid |
| bezimbert | rîchlîche | | containing buildings | in a large number |
7888 | diu | einhalp | an- | -z | wazzer | gie | | the | one side | (down) to | the | river | went |
| anderhalp | daz | undervie | | on the other | that | bounded |
| ein | boumgarte | schœne | und | wît | | a | park | beautiful | and | large |
7891 | daz | weder | vor | noch | sît | | that | neither | before | nor | since |
| dehein | schœner | wart | gesehen | | none | more beautiful | was | seen |
| des | hôrte | ich | im | den | meister | jehen | | this | have heard | I | (about) it | the | master | say |
7894 | als | Êrec | daz | hûs | ersach | | when | Erec | the | castle | saw |
| ze | sînem | gesellen | er | sprach | | to | his | companion | he | said |
| ob | er | die | burc | erkande | | if | he | the | fortress | recognized |
7897 | und | bat | in | daz | er | si | nande | | and | asked | him | that | he | it | name |
| sus | antwurte | im | der | herre | | thus | answered | him | the | lord |
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