Iwein | daz | wære | der | armen | orse | tôt | | (from) this | were | the | poor | horses | dead |
7120 | von | diu | was | in | beiden | nôt | | _ | therefore | was (it) | (for) them | both | necessary |
| daz | sî | die | dörperheit | vermiten | | that | they | _ | boorishness | avoided |
| und | daz | sî | ze | vuoze | striten | | and | that | they | on | foot | fought |
7123 | in | heten | diu | ors | niht | getân | | (to) them | had | the | horses | nothing | done |
| sî | liezen- | -z | an | den | lîp | gân | | they | let | it | on | (their) | bodies | happen |
| ich | sage | iu | waz | sî | tâten | | I | will tell | you | what | they | did |
7126 | dô | sî | zesamne | trâten | | when | they | _ | came together |
| die | zwêne | kampfwîsen | | the | two | experienced (fighters) |
| sî | sparten | daz | îsen | | they | spared | the | armor |
7129 | dâ | mit | ir | lîp | was | bewart | | _ | so that | their | bodies | were | protected |
| diu | swert | en- | -wurden | niht | gespart | | the | swords | _ | were | not | spared |
| sî | wâren | der | schilte | | they | were | (to) the | shields |
7132 | ein | ander | harte | milte | | (of the) | another | very | generous |
| den | schilten | wâren | sî | gehaz | | (to) the | shields | were | they | hostile |
| ir | ietweder | bedâhte | daz | | (of) them | each | was thinking | this |
7135 | waz | touc | mir | mîn | arbeit | | what | use are | (for) me | my | efforts |
| unz | er | den | schilt | vor | im | treit | | as long as | he | (his) | shield | before | him | bears |
| sô | ist | er | ein | sicher | man | | so | is | he | a | safe | man |
7138 | die | schilte | hiuwen | sî | dan | | the | swords | hacked | they | away |
| sî- | -ne | geruochten | des | nie | | they | _ | did desire | this | not |
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