Gregorius | diu | helfe | von | sînem | her | | the | help | of | his | army |
2112 | nû | saz | diu | burcmûre | und | diu | wer | | now | were occupied | the | (fortress) walls | and | the | battlements |
| vol | ritter | unde | vrouwen | | full (of) | knights | and | ladies |
| die | daz | wolden | schouwen | | who | this | wanted | to see |
2115 | wederm | dâ | gelunge | | which of them | there | would win |
| nu | en- | -sûmde | sich | niht | der | junge | | now | _ | hesitated | _ | not | the | young (man) |
| ir | ietweder | sich | dâ | vleiz | | (of) them | each | himself | there | prepared |
2118 | ûf | ein | langez | puneiz | | for | a | long | charge |
| zuo | ein | ander | wart | in | ger | | (to get) at | one | another | were | (they) | eager |
| alse | schiere | si | diu | sper | | as | soon as | they | (the) | lances |
2121 | under | die | arme | sluogen | | under | (their) | arms | set |
| diu | ors | si | zesamene | truogen | | (their) | horses | them | _ | bore together |
| diu | sper | wâren | kurz | und | grôz | | the | lances | were | short | and | thick |
2124 | des | ir | ietweder | missenôz | | (with) these | (of) them | each | had little advantage |
| wande | ir | ietweder | stach | | for | (of) them | each | thrust |
| daz | sîn | daz | ez | ze | stücken | brach | | that | (of) his | (so) that | it | into | splinters | shattered |
2127 | und | daz | si | doch | gesâzen | | and | (so) that | they | yet | remained mounted |
| wie | lützel | si | vergâzen | | how | little | they | forgot |
| der | swerte | bî | der | sîten | | the | swords | at | (their) | sides |
2130 | seht | si | begunden | strîten | | look | they | began | to fight |
| zwêne | gelîche | starke | man | | two | equally | strong | men |
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