Erec | alsô | krefteclîchen | | so | powerfully |
814 | sô | si | meiste | von | ir | sinnen | | as | they | the most | though | their | determination |
| ûz | den | rossen | mohten | gewinnen | | from | (their) | horses | could | gain |
| sô | sêre | zesamene | si | stâchen | | so | greatly | _ | they | together struck |
817 | daz | dem | ritter | brâchen | | that | (on) the | knight | broke |
| die | darmgürtel | beide | | the | saddle-girths | both |
| dô | gelebete | er- | -m | nie | sô | leide | | there | experienced | he | _ | never (before) | such | distress |
820 | surzengel | und | vürbüege | | surcingle | and | breast harness |
| doch | er | guot | ellen | trüege | | no matter that | he | great | courage | showed |
| Êrec | in | von | dem | rosse | schiet | | Erec | him | from | (his) | horse | separated |
823 | ze | spotte | aller | der | diet | | to (the) | mockery | of all | of the | people |
| als | Êrecke | dô | sô | wol | geschach | | when | Erec | then | so | well | fared |
| daz | er | den | ritter | nider | stach | | so that | he | the | knight | _ | struck down |
826 | von | im | enthielt | er | hôher | baz | | from | him | held back | he | further | better |
| daz | tete | er | umbe | daz | | this | did | he | _ | for the reason |
| daz | ieman | des | möhte | jehen | | that | no one | _ | could | claim |
829 | daz | im | diu | schande | wære | geschehen | | that | to him | _ | dishonor | had | happened |
| daz | er | in | ligende | hete | erslagen | | because | he | him | laying | had | slain |
| er | wolde | bezzer | wort | bejagen | | he | wanted | better | words | to win |
832 | er | erbeizte | und | hiez | in | ûf | stân | | he | dismounted | and | ordered | him | _ | to stand up |
| zesamene | liezen | si | dar | gân | | _ | _ | they | there | (at) one another charged |
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