Erec | mit | sîner | baniere | | with | his | banner |
2657 | wære | er | niht | schiere | | had | he | not | quickly |
| den | sînen | ze | helfe | komen | | to those | of his | in | help | come |
| si | müesten | schaden | hân | genomen | | they | would | loss | have | suffered |
2660 | unde | enschumphieret | sîn | | and | defeated | been |
| daz | was | dar | an | wol | schîn | | this | was | _ | thereon | very | evident |
| si | wâren | alle | entwichen | dan | | (that) they | had | all | retreated | from there |
2663 | ze | wer | enthielt | sich | nieman | | in | defense | placed | themselves | no one |
| von | al | der | massenîe | | from | all | the | retinue |
| niuwan | die | drîe | | none other than | the(se) | three |
2666 | her | Gâwein | der | edel | man | | Sir | Gawein | the | noble | man |
| der | doch | nie | lasters | teil | gewan | | who | yet | never | of dishonor | (any) part | gained |
| unde | aller | tugende | wielt | | and | all | virtues | possessed |
2669 | fil | Dou | Gilules | bî | im | hielt | | fil | Dou | Gilules | with | him | stood |
| und | Segremors | dise | drî | | and | Segremors | these | three |
| enthielten | vaste | wider | sî | | defended | powerful | against | them |
2672 | si | tâten- | -z | dâ | wizzet | daz | | they | did | it | there | know | that |
| sô | nie | drî | ritter | baz | | as | never | three | knights | better |
| wan | si | mit | stichen | noch | mit | slegen | | for | they | (neither) with | thrusts | nor | with | blows |
2675 | von | stete | niemen | mohte | erwegen | | from | position | no one | could | move |
| doch | müesten | si | sîn | gevangen | | yet | (if) would have | they | been | captured |
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