Iwein| | wâ | ein | grimmer | kampf | geschach | | how | a | fierce | battle | was taking place |
| 3839 | dâ | mit | unverzagten | siten | | there | with | courageous | actions |
| | 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 |
| 3842 | daz | viur | im | ûz | dem | munde | schôz | | the | fire | (from) him | out of | (his) | mouth | was shooting |
| | 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 |
| 3845 | daz | er | alsô | lûte | schrê | | that | he | very | loudly | roared |
| | hern | Îwein | tete | der | zwîvel | wê | | Sir | Iwein | caused | the | doubt | pain |
| | wederm | er | helfen | solde | | which of the two | he | help | should |
| 3848 | und | bedâhte | sich | daz | er | wolde | | and | thought | (to) himself | that | he | would |
| | helfen | dem | edelen | tiere | | help | the | noble | animal |
| | doch | vorhte- | -r | des | swie | schiere | | nevertheless | feared | he | that | _ | as soon as |
| 3851 | des | wurmes | tôt | ergienge | | the | dragon's | death | happened |
| | daz | in | daz | niht | vervienge | | that | him | this | nothing | would help |
| | der | lewe | bestüende | in | zehant | | (and) the | lion | would attack | him | immediately |
| 3854 | wan | alsô | ist | ez | gewant | | for | also | is | it | of such a nature |
| | als | ez | ouch | under- | -n | liuten | stât | | as | it | also | among | _ | people | is |
| | sô | man | aller | beste | gedienet | hât | | so | one | all | the best | served | has |
| 3857 | dem | ungewissen | manne | | (for) an | unreliable | man |
| | sô | hüete | sich | danne | | so | guard | himself | afterwards |
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