Erec| | des | was | der | rise | vrô | | at this | was | the | giant | happy |
| 5526 | und | wânde | in | sâ | gewunnen | hân | | and | thought | him | already | defeated | to have |
| | in | trouc | ob | got | wil | sîn | wân | | him | deceived | at | God's | will | his | hopes |
| | er | sluoc | sam | er | wuote | | he | struck | the same as | he | raged |
| 5529 | wan | daz | sich | Êrec | huote | | except | that | himself | Erec | guarded |
| | unde | sich | mit | listen | | and | himself | with | skill |
| | wol | kunde | gevristen | | well | was able | to protect |
| 5532 | er | wære | z- | -em | êrsten | erslagen | | (otherwise) he | would | by | the | first (blow) | have been killed |
| | sîn | snelheit | kunde | in | ûz | getragen | | his | quickness | enabled | him | _ | to dodge |
| | den | schilt | er | im | dar | bôt | | (his) | shield | he | (towards) him | there | held |
| 5535 | über | den | gienc | doch | diu | nôt | | onto | it | went | then | the | danger |
| | swâ | er | den | schilt | erreichte | | wherever | he | the | shield | reached |
| | daz | herte | bret | erweichte | | the | hard | wood | gave way |
| 5538 | daz | ez | sich | wol | endrîzic | kloup | | (so) that | it | _ | completely | (into) thirty (pieces) | splitt |
| | unde | hôhe | ûf | stoup | | and | high | _ | flew (up) like dust |
| | swaz | dar | gehaft | wære | | what | there | fastened | had been |
| 5541 | der | kolbe | was | sô | swære | | the | club | was | so | heavy |
| | alsô | dicke | und | er | sluoc | | as | often | as | he | struck |
| | daz | er | sô | sêre | nider | truoc | | (so) that | it | so | far | _ | went down |
| 5544 | daz | er | in | sô | kurzer | stunde | | (so) that | he | in | so | short | (a) time |
| | in | niht | erziehen | kunde | | it | not | raise up | could |
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