Erec | umbe | gekêret | hâte | | _ | turned around | had |
2688 | noch | muoste | er- | -z | enblanden | | yet (again) | had | he | _ | to exert |
| grimme | den | handen | | fiercely | (his own) | hands |
| es- | -n | wære | anders | niht | geschehen | | it | _ | would have | otherwise | not | happened |
2691 | als | diz | die | sîne | heten | ersehen | | when | this | those | if his | had | seen |
| nû | kêrten | si | wider | dâ | zehant | | now | returned | they | _ | there | immediately |
| wider | in | tjostierte | Boidurant | | against | him | jousted | Boidurant |
2694 | den | edeln | ritter | entsazte | er | | the | noble | knight | unseated | he |
| ouch | mit | sînem | sper | | also | with | his | lance |
| guot | wort | bejagete | er | dâ | | great | acclaim | gained | he | there |
2697 | die | vîende | enschumphierte | er | sâ | | the | enemy | defeated | he | quickly |
| er | eine | in | kurzer | wîle | | he | alone | in | (a) short | (period of) time |
| wol | driu | teil | einer | mîle | | well | three | parts | of a | mile |
2700 | dar | kam | im | sîn | geselleschaft | | there | came | (to him) | his | company |
| ze | helfe | mit | ir | kraft | | in | assistance | with | their | force |
| und | tâten | si | âne | widerstrît | | and | forced | them | without | resistance |
2703 | vaste | unz | an | ir | hâmît | | with force | up | to | their | enclosure |
| daz | dritte | ros | gap | er | hin | | the | third | horse | gave | he | away |
| harte | schœnen | gewin | | (a) very | fine | victory |
2706 | hete | sîn | geselleschaft | begân | | had | his | company | gained |
| des | âne | in | niht | wære | getân | | which | without | him | not | would have | happened |
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