Erec | en- | -was | sîn | herze | niht | gar | vrî | | _ | was | his | heart | not | entirely | free |
8621 | man | wil | wan | daz | er | niht | sî | | one | (says) | for | that | he | not | is |
| gar | ein | vollekomen | man | | completely | a | perfect | man |
| der | im | niht | vürhten | kan | | who | (for) himself | not | fear | can |
8624 | und | ist | z- | -en | tôren | gezalt | | und | is | among | _ | fools | counted |
| ez | en- | -wart | nie | herze | alsô | balt | | (there) | _ | was | never | (a) heart | so | bold |
| im | en- | -zæme | rehtiu | vorhte | wol | | it | not | did become | justified | fear | well |
8627 | swie | gerne | ein | man | daz | vürhten | sol | | however | gladly | a | man | that | fear | may |
| dâ | von | sîn | lîp | en | wâge | stât | | _ | from which | his | life | in | danger | stands |
| habe | doch | selher | vorhte | rât | | be | yet | (from) such | fear | free |
8630 | diu | zagelîch | sî | | which | cowardly | is |
| der | vorhte | was | sîn | herze | vrî | | (of such) | fear | was | his | heart | free |
| sît | im | der | tac | ze | kamphe | stuont | | since | (for) him | the | day | for | doing battle | had come |
8633 | er | tete | als | die | wîsen | tuont | | he | did | as | the | wise | do |
| wan | hie | hôrte | vorhte | zuo | | for | here | belonged | fear | _ |
| ûf | stuont | er | vil | vruo | | _ | arose | he | very | early |
8636 | mit | vrouwen | Ênîten | er | kam | | with | Lady | Enite | he | went |
| dâ | er | messe | vernam | | where | he | mass | heard |
| in | des | heilegen | geistes | êre | | in | (of) the | Holy | Spirit | honor |
8639 | und | vlêhete | got | vil | sêre | | and | besought | Gott | most | earnestly |
| daz | er | im | behielte | den | lîp | | that | He | him | would preserve | (his) | life |
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