Erec| | gevangen | mit | einem | schoube | | been caught | by | a | bundle of straw |
| 9209 | got | lône | im | der- | -z | geloube | | (may) God | reward | him | who | it | believes |
| | wan | ich | niht | dr- | -umbe | geswern | mac | | for | I | not | _ | to it | swear | can |
| | dirre | grimmeclîche | slac | | this | fierce | blow |
| 9212 | Êrecke | in | sîn | houbet | erschal | | Erec | in | his | head | resounded |
| | daz | er | vil | kûme | meit | den | val | | (so) that | he | (very) | hardly | avoided | (a) | fall |
| | sîniu | ôren | und | diu | ougen | | his | ears | and | his | eyes |
| 9215 | begunden | ir | ambtes | lougen | | began | their | duty | to deny |
| | daz | er | gehôrte | noch | gesach | | (so) that | he | (neither) could hear | nor | could see |
| | wan | daz | daz | swert | enzwei | brach | | if not | that | the | sword | in two | had broken |
| 9218 | ez | wære | gewesen | sîn | ende | | it | would have | been | his | end |
| | vil | schiere | der | ellende | | very | quickly | the | stranger |
| | sîne | kraft | herwider | gewan | | his | strength | again | regained |
| 9221 | daz | er | gesach | und | sich | versan | | (so) that | he | could see | and | _ | could think |
| | und | gehôrte | alsam | ouch | ê | | and | could hear | as | also | before |
| | schade | und | schame | tete | im | wê | | disgrace | and | shame | caused | him | pain |
| 9224 | daz | sîn | ie | dehein | man | | that | (over) him | ever | any | man |
| | selhe | oberhant | gewan | | such | (an) upper hand | gained |
| | daz | er | von | sîner | meisterschaft | | that | he | because of | his | superiority |
| 9227 | in | sô | grôze | unkraft | | into | such | great | powerlessness |
| | sînes | lîbes | was | komen | | (over) his | body | had | come |
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