Iwein | wan | er | nam | urloup | unde | reit | | for | he | took | leave | and | rode (away) |
3825 | unde | suochte | dâ | zehant | | and | sought | there | at once |
| den | næhsten | wec | den | er | vant | | the | nearest | way | that | he | found |
| und | volget | einer | strâze | | and | followed | a | road |
3828 | lûte | âne | mâze | | loud | without | measure |
| hôrte- | -r | eine | stimme | | heard | he | a | voice |
| clägelich | und | doch | grimme | | anguished | and | yet | ferocious |
3831 | nu- | -ne | weste | mîn | her | Îwein | | now | not | did know | _ | Sir | Iwein |
| von | wederm | si | wære | under | den | zwein | | from | which of the two | it | (came) | from (between) | the | two |
| von | wurme | ode | von | tiere | | from (a) | dragon | or | from (an) | animal |
3834 | er | bevande- | -z | aber | schiere | | he | discovered | it | however | quickly |
| wan | diu | selbe | stimme | wîst | in | | for | the | same | voice | guided | him |
| durch | michel | waltgevelle | hin | | though | greatly | tangled woods | there |
3837 | dâ | er | an | einer | blœze | ersach | | where | he | in | a | clearing | saw |
| wâ | ein | grimmer | kampf | geschach | | how | a | fierce | battle | was taking place |
| dâ | mit | unverzagten | siten | | there | with | courageous | actions |
3840 | ein | wurm | unde | ein | lewe | striten | | a | dragon | and | a | lion | were fighting |
| der | wurm | was | starc | unde | grôz | | the | dragon | was | powerful | and | large |
| daz | viur | im | ûz | dem | munde | schôz | | the | fire | (from) him | out of | (his) | mouth | was shooting |
3843 | im | half | diu | hitze | und | der | stanc | | him | helped | the | heat | and | the | stench |
| daz | er | den | lewen | des | betwanc | | that | he | the | lion | (with) this | forced |
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