Erec | er | wære | z- | -em | êrsten | erslagen | | (otherwise) he | would | by | the | first (blow) | have been killed |
5533 | sîn | snelheit | kunde | in | ûz | getragen | | his | quickness | enabled | him | _ | to dodge |
| den | schilt | er | im | dar | bôt | | (his) | shield | he | (towards) him | there | held |
| über | den | gienc | doch | diu | nôt | | onto | it | went | then | the | danger |
5536 | swâ | er | den | schilt | erreichte | | wherever | he | the | shield | reached |
| daz | herte | bret | erweichte | | the | hard | wood | gave way |
| daz | ez | sich | wol | endrîzic | kloup | | (so) that | it | _ | completely | (into) thirty (pieces) | splitt |
5539 | unde | hôhe | ûf | stoup | | and | high | _ | flew (up) like dust |
| swaz | dar | gehaft | wære | | what | there | fastened | had been |
| der | kolbe | was | sô | swære | | the | club | was | so | heavy |
5542 | alsô | dicke | und | er | sluoc | | as | often | as | he | struck |
| daz | er | sô | sêre | nider | truoc | | (so) that | it | so | far | _ | went down |
| daz | er | in | sô | kurzer | stunde | | (so) that | he | in | so | short | (a) time |
5545 | in | niht | erziehen | kunde | | it | not | raise up | could |
| ê | er | in | ze | slage | vol | erreit | | before | he | him | to | strike | completely | war ready |
| Êrecken | hete | sîn | snelheit | | Erec | had | his | quickness |
5548 | an | in | und | wider | von | im | getragen | | (up) to | him | and | _ | from | him | taken away |
| alsô | hete | er | in | geslagen | | thus | had | he | him | struck |
| wol | vierstunt | zuo | dem | beine | | indeed | four times | on | (his) | leg |
5551 | ez | en- | -huop | in | nie | sô | kleine | | it | _ | bothered | him | not | (so) | much |
| er | en- | -slüege- | -z | im | ze | jungest | abe | | (until) he | _ | cut off | it | (of) him | _ | finally | _ |
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