Erec | er | sprach | edel | ritter | nû | wol | dan | | he | spoke | noble | knight | now | well | away |
8031 | und | ist | ez | niuwan | ein | man | | and (if) | is | it | only | a | man |
| an | dem | si | ze | gewinne | stât | | against | whom | it | for | success | depends |
| des | möhte | werden | guot | rât | | (of) this | could | be | (a) good | advice |
8034 | wâ | mite | machet | ir- | -z | sô | grôz | | _ | why | do make | you | it | so | great |
| weder | ist | er | berc | oder | berges | genôz | | neither | is | he | (a) mountain | or | (to a) mountain | equal |
| daz | man | in | alsô | vürhten | sol | | that | one | him | so | fear | should |
8037 | ich | wânde | daz | hûs | wære | vol | | I | imagined | the | castle | were | full |
| gewürmes | und | wilder | tiere | | (of) dragons | and | wild | beasts |
| diu | uns | alsô | schiere | | which | us | as | quickly |
8040 | âne | wer | den | lîp | næmen | | without | (a) defense | (our) | lives | take |
| sô | wir | dar | kæmen | | as | we | there | come |
| noch | hân | ich | ze | lebene | wân | | now | have | I | of | living | hope |
8043 | er | en- | -wirt | doch | des | niht | erlân | | he | _ | will be | indeed | of this | nothing | spared |
| ob | es | got | geruochet | | if | it | God | grants |
| ez | en- | -werde | an | im | versuochet | | it | will | be | against | him | attempted |
8046 | sleht | er | mich | sô | bin | ich | tôt | | (if) slays | he | me | so | shall be | I | dead |
| daz | ist | der | werlde | ein | ringiu | nôt | | that | is | (for) the | world | a | small | loss |
| Guivreiz | der | künec | guot | | Guivreiz | the | king | good |
8049 | erkande | in | wol | alsô | gemuot | | realized (to be) | him | indeed | so | determined |
| daz | er | benamen | vollerite | | that | he | certainly | would complete the journey |
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