Erec | unde | enschumphieret | sîn | | and | defeated | been |
2661 | daz | was | dar | an | wol | schîn | | this | was | _ | thereon | very | evident |
| si | wâren | alle | entwichen | dan | | (that) they | had | all | retreated | from there |
| ze | wer | enthielt | sich | nieman | | in | defense | placed | themselves | no one |
2664 | von | al | der | massenîe | | from | all | the | retinue |
| niuwan | die | drîe | | none other than | the(se) | three |
| her | Gâwein | der | edel | man | | Sir | Gawein | the | noble | man |
2667 | der | doch | nie | lasters | teil | gewan | | who | yet | never | of dishonor | (any) part | gained |
| unde | aller | tugende | wielt | | and | all | virtues | possessed |
| fil | Dou | Gilules | bî | im | hielt | | fil | Dou | Gilules | with | him | stood |
2670 | und | Segremors | dise | drî | | and | Segremors | these | three |
| enthielten | vaste | wider | sî | | defended | powerful | against | them |
| si | tâten- | -z | dâ | wizzet | daz | | they | did | it | there | know | that |
2673 | sô | nie | drî | ritter | baz | | as | never | three | knights | better |
| wan | si | mit | stichen | noch | mit | slegen | | for | they | (neither) with | thrusts | nor | with | blows |
| von | stete | niemen | mohte | erwegen | | from | position | no one | could | move |
2676 | doch | müesten | si | sîn | gevangen | | yet | (if) would have | they | been | captured |
| und | wære | daz | ergangen | | (then) | would have | that | happened |
| von | der | grôzen | überkraft | | from | the | great | superiority |
2679 | diu | aller | dinge | ist | meisterschaft | | which | of all | things | is | master(y) |
| wider | si | niemen | niht | mac | | against | it | no one | nothing | can (do) |
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