Iwein | dô | dise | slege | herte | | when | these | blows | hard |
6738 | der | lewe | sîn | geverte | | the | lion | his | companion |
| beide | gehôrte | unde | gesach | | both | heard | and | saw |
| dô | muot | in | sîn | ungemach | | then | troubled | him | his | distress |
6741 | dô- | -ne | vant | er | loch | noch | tür | | then | _ | found | he | (neither) hole | nor | door |
| dâ | er | kæme | hin | vür | | _ | he | might get | where | out |
| und | suochte | al | umbe | unz | er | vant | | and | searched | all | around | until | he | found |
6744 | bî | der | erde | an | der | want | | at | the | ground | by | the | wall |
| eine | vûle | swelle | | a | rotten | beam |
| der | getriuwe | hergeselle | | the | loyal | comrade-in-arms |
6747 | der | kratzet | unde | beiz | dan | | he | scratched | and | bit | away |
| holz | und | erde | unz | er | gewan | | wood | and | earth | until | he | made |
| ein | gerûme | ûzvart | | a | large (enough) | way out |
6750 | diu | vil | harte | drâte | wart | | which | very | very | quickly | became |
| ir | einem | ze | leide | | (of) them | (for) one | the | doom |
| got | velle | sî | beide | | God | fell | them | both |
6753 | sînes | herren | arbeit | | his | master's | trouble |
| die | er | ie | durch | in | geleit | | which | he | before | for | him | suffered |
| der | lônet | er | im | dâ | | this | repaid | he | him | there |
6756 | er | begunde | sîne | scharfen | clâ | | he | began | his | sharp | claws |
| in | sînen | rücke | heften | | in | his | back | to fasten |
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