Erec | 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 |
| ich | erkenne | si | wir | sîn | verre | | I | know | it | we | have | far |
7900 | geriten | von | unser | strâze | | ridden | from | our | road |
| daz | ez | got | verwâze | | that | it | God | may curse |
| iedoch | sô | manege | zîte | | indeed | as | many | times |
7903 | sô | ich | disen | wec | rîte | | as | I | this | way | ride |
| sô | ist | mir | bœslîch | geschehen | | so | _ | (to) me | bad | happens |
| ich | hân | mich | übele | übersehen | | I | have | _ | bad | made a mistake |
7906 | gezeiget | zuo | der | winstern | hant | | (by) indicating | to | the | left | (hand) |
| er | sprach | Britanje | daz | lant | | he | said | Britanje | the | land |
| des | endes | verre | hin | lît | | (in) the | direction | far | there | lies |
7909 | kêre | wir | wider | enzît | | (should) turn back | we | _ | at once |
| ich | bringe | iuch | wider | ûf | den | wec | | I | shall return | you | _ | to | the | way |
| dô | sprach | der | künec | Êrec | | then | spoke | _ | King | Erec |
7912 | wie | zæme | uns | daz | vil | edel | man | | how | would be fitting | (for) us | that | most | noble | man |
| daz | wir | sus | riten | dan | | that | we | so | ride | away |
| sît | wir | sô | nâhen | komen | sîn | | since | we | so | close | come | have |
7915 | sô | volget | durch | den | willen | mîn | | so | follow | for | the | sake | (of) mine |
| daz | ich | die | burc | müeze | sehen | | that | I | the | fortress | can | see |
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