Erec | wider | zugen | si | diu | sper | | _ | pulled out again | they | (their) | lances |
9099 | in | manlîcher | ger | | with | manly | eagerness |
| und | riten | von | ein | ander | dan | | and | rode | from | one | another | away |
| die | zwêne | gelîch | gemuote | man | | the | two | like | minded | men |
9102 | durch | tjostieren | mêre | | in order to | tjost | further |
| diu | ros | wurden | aber | sêre | | (their) | horses | were | again | strongly |
| und | vaste | mit | den | sporn | gemant | | and | firmly | with | _ | spurs | urged on |
9105 | und | wider | zesamene | gesant | | and | again | _ | sent at one another |
| hie | huop | sich | herzeminne | | here | began | _ | (a) love affair |
| nâch | starkem | gewinne | | with | high | stakes |
9108 | si | minneten | sunder | bette | | they | made love | without | (a) bed |
| diu | minne | stuont | ze | wette | | _ | love | stood | as | (the) bet |
| sweder | nider | gelæge | | whoever | _ | lay down |
9111 | dem | wart | der | tôt | wæge | | (over) him | would be | _ | death | trump |
| mit | scheften | si | sich | kusten | | with | shafts | they | (one another) | kissed |
| durch | schilte | zuo | den | brusten | | through | shields | to | the | breast |
9114 | mit | selher | minnekrefte | | with | such | power of love |
| daz | die | eschînen | schefte | | that | the | ash | shafts |
| kleine | unz | an | die | hant | zekluben | | (into) small (pieces) | (down) | to | (their) | hands | splintered |
9117 | und | daz | die | spiltern | ûfe | stuben | | and | that | the | splinters | _ | flew like dust |
| mit | der | manne | laste | | under | the | men's | weight |
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