Iwein | wan | der | strît | was | ungewegen | | for | the | battle | was | unequal |
6721 | er- | -n | bestuont | nie | sô | grôze | nôt | | he | _ | faced | never | such | great | peril |
| den | schilt | den | er | vür | bôt | | the | shield | which | he | _ | held before (him) |
| der | wart | schiere | zeslagen | | it | was | quickly | shattered |
6724 | er- | -n | mohte | niht | an | getragen | | he | _ | could | nothing | _ | undertake |
| daz | im | wol | geschirmen | möhte | | which | him | properly | protect | could |
| und | vür | die | kolben | töhte | | and | against | the | clubs | was effective |
6727 | man | sach | den | helm | rîsen | | one | saw | (his) | helmet | fall (away) |
| und | ander | sîn | îsen | | and | other (pieces) | (of) his | armor |
| als | ez | von | strô | wære | geworht | | as if | it | of | straw | were | made |
6730 | den | edeln | rîter | unervorht | | the | noble | knight | fearless |
| vriste | sîn | manheit | und | sîn | sin | | protected | his | valor | and | his | skill |
| daz | er | sô | lange | vor | in | | that | he | so | long | before | them |
6733 | unerslagen | werte | | undefeated | lasted |
| ouch | galt | er | mit- | -tem | swerte | | also | dealt | he | with | (his) | sword |
| under | wîlen | einen | slac | | at | times | a | blow |
6736 | der | vil | wol | ze | staten | lac | | which | very | well | _ | effective | (was) |
| dô | dise | slege | herte | | when | these | blows | hard |
| der | lewe | sîn | geverte | | the | lion | his | companion |
6739 | beide | gehôrte | unde | gesach | | both | heard | and | saw |
| dô | muot | in | sîn | ungemach | | then | troubled | him | his | distress |
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