Erec | an | dem | manne | mac | begrîfen | | on(to) | (a) | man | can | grasp |
9289 | des | begunde | er | im | entslîfen | | therefore | _ | he | (from) him | slipped away |
| daz | wille | sîn | niht | ergie | | (so) that | intent | his | not | could happen |
| vor | in | die | gürtel | er | in | vie | | _ | him | (by his) | belt | he | him | grasped on front of |
9292 | unden | er | sich | von | im | bôt | | under(neath) | he | himself | from | him | bent |
| dô | was | dem | andern | dar | zuo | nôt | | there | was (created) | (for) the | other one | _ | thereby | (the) need |
| daz | er | in | zuo | im | vienge | | that | he | him | to | himself | pull (up) |
9295 | doch | des | niht | ergienge | | however | of this | nothing | happened |
| Êrec | sîn | kraft | erzeicte | | Erec | his | strength | showed |
| als | sich | jener | neicte | | when | _ | the other | bent (over) |
9298 | dô | sazte | er | sîn | ahselbein | | then | set | he | his | shoulder |
| daz | ez | an | jenes | brüsten | schein | | (so) that | it | against | the other's | chest | stood |
| sô | daz | er | in | niht | zuo | im | liez | | so | that | he | him | not | to | him | would let |
9301 | vil | vaste | er | in | von | im | stiez | | very | strongly | he | him | from | him | thrust |
| unde | zuhte | in | wider | dan | | and | jerked back | him | _ | then |
| sô | gâhes | daz | der | michel | man | | so | quickly | that | the | big | man |
9304 | sîgen | begunde | | to topple (over) | began |
| von | swære | er | niht | en- | -kunde | | because of | (his) weight | he | not | _ | could |
| sich | erholn | er- | -n | suochte | die | erde | | himself | recover | (so that) he | _ | fell | (to) the | ground |
9307 | hie | beviel | in | der | werde | | at this | pounced | (on) him | the | worthy (one) |
| Êrec | der | wunderære | | Erec | the | worker of wonders |
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