Erec | surzengel | und | vürbüege | | surcingle | and | breast harness |
821 | doch | er | guot | ellen | trüege | | no matter that | he | great | courage | showed |
| Êrec | in | von | dem | rosse | schiet | | Erec | him | from | (his) | horse | separated |
| ze | spotte | aller | der | diet | | to (the) | mockery | of all | of the | people |
824 | als | Êrecke | dô | sô | wol | geschach | | when | Erec | then | so | well | fared |
| daz | er | den | ritter | nider | stach | | so that | he | the | knight | _ | struck down |
| von | im | enthielt | er | hôher | baz | | from | him | held back | he | further | better |
827 | daz | tete | er | umbe | daz | | this | did | he | _ | for the reason |
| daz | ieman | des | möhte | jehen | | that | no one | _ | could | claim |
| daz | im | diu | schande | wære | geschehen | | that | to him | _ | dishonor | had | happened |
830 | daz | er | in | ligende | hete | erslagen | | because | he | him | laying | had | slain |
| er | wolde | bezzer | wort | bejagen | | he | wanted | better | words | to win |
| er | erbeizte | und | hiez | in | ûf | stân | | he | dismounted | and | ordered | him | _ | to stand up |
833 | zesamene | liezen | si | dar | gân | | _ | _ | they | there | (at) one another charged |
| dô | sach | man | si | vehten | | then | saw | one | them | fighting |
| gelîch | zwein | guoten | knehten | | like | two | fine | warriors |
836 | daz | viur | in | ûz | den | helmen | vlouc | | such that | sparks | _ | from | (their) | helmets | flew |
| si | vâhten | als | den | liuten | touc | | they | fought | just as | _ | people | do |
| dies | diu | grimme | nôt | gebat | | for which | _ | dire | need | demands |
839 | wan | si | hâten | gesat | | because | they | had | placed |
| umbe | den | sige | vil | hôhez | phant | | upon | _ | victory | very | high | price |
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