Iwein| | dô | hôrte- | -r | daz | geriten | kam | | then | heard | he | that | riding (up) | came |
| 1001 | des | selben | waldes | herre | | the | same | forest's | lord |
| | der | gruozt | in | harte | verre | | who | challenged | him | (from) very | far (away) |
| | als | vîent | sînen | vîent | sol | | as | (an) enemy | his | enemy | should (do) |
| 1004 | ouch | verstuont | sich | her | Îwein | wol | | also | realized | _ | Sir | Iwein | well |
| | daz | er | sich | weren | solde | | that | he | himself | to defend | had |
| | ob | er | niht | dulden | wolde | | if | he | not | to suffer | did want |
| 1007 | beide | laster | unde | leit | | both | disgrace | and | harm |
| | ir | ietweder | was | gereit | | (of) them | each | was | intent |
| | ûf | des | anderen | schaden | | on | the | other's | injury |
| 1010 | sî | hete | beide | überladen | | they | were | both | consumed |
| | grôz | ernest | unde | zorn | | (with) great | determination | and | anger |
| | sî | nâmen | diu | ors | mit- | -ten | sporn | | they | urged (on) | their | horses | with | (their) | spurs |
| 1013 | sus | was | in | zuo | ein | ander | ger | | such | were | (they) | to (get at) | one | another | eager |
| | ir | ietweder | sîn | sper | | (of) them | each | his | lance |
| | durch | des | andern | schilt | stach | | through | the | other's | shield | struck |
| 1016 | ûf | den | lîp | daz | ez | zebrach | | (up) against | the | body | (so) that | it | splintered |
| | wol | ze | hundert | stücken | | almost | into (a) | hundred | pieces |
| | dô | muosen | si | beide | zücken | | then | had | they | both | to draw |
| 1019 | diu | swert | von | den | sîten | | (their) | swords | from | (their) | sides |
| | hie | huop | sich | ein | strîten | | here | ensued | _ | a | battle |
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