Iwein | daz | ruorte | die | vallen | und | den | haft | | he | would touch | the | latch | and | the | brace |
1088 | der | dâ | alle | dise | kraft | | which | there | all | this | force |
| und | daz | swære | slegetor | | and | the | heavy | portcullis |
| von | nidere | ûf | habte | enbor | | _ | from the ground | _ | held (up) | aloft |
1091 | sô | nam | ez | einen | val | | thus | took | it | a | fall |
| alsô | gâhes | her | zetal | | so | suddenly | _ | down |
| daz | im | nieman | entran | | that | it | no one | could escape |
1094 | sus | was | beliben | manec | man | | thus | was | killed | many (a) | man |
| dâ | reit | der | wirt | vor | im | in | | _ | rode | the | host | before | him | there in |
| der | hete | die | kunst | und | den | sin | | he | had | the | ability | and | the | knowledge |
1097 | daz | im | dâ | von | niht | arges | en- | -war | | that | him | _ | thereby | nothing | bad | _ | happened |
| wande- | -r | meistert | ez | dar | | for | he | had had installed | it | there |
| ez | was | swære | unde | sneit | | it | was | heavy | and | cut |
1100 | sô | sêre | daz | ez | niht | en- | -meit | | so | well | that | it | nothing | _ | spared |
| ez- | -n | schriete | îsen | unde | bein | | it | _ | severed | iron | and | bone |
| nu- | -ne | kunde | sich | her | Îwein | | nun | _ | could | himself | Sir | Iwein |
1103 | niht | gehüeten | dâ | vor | | not | protect | _ | against it |
| unde | valte | daz | tor | | and | tripped | the | gate |
| und | sluoc | z- | -en | selben | stunden | | and | (he) struck | at | the | same | time |
1106 | dem | wirte | eine | wunden | | the | host | a | wound |
| und | genas | als | ich | iu | sage | | and | was saved | as | I | (to) you | shall explain |
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