Iwein | der- | -n | mohte | niht | dâ | von | gesagen | | (he) who | _ | could | nothing | _ | about it | tell |
1039 | der | aber | den | sige | dâ | gewan | | (but) (he) who | however | the | victory | there | won |
| der | was | ein | sô | hövesch | man | | he | was | a | so | courtly | man |
| er | hete | ungerne | geseit | | (that) he | would have | unwillingly | told |
1042 | sô | vil | von | sîner | manheit | | so | much | about | his (own) | valor |
| dâ | von | ich | wol | gemâzen | mege | | _ | about this | I | well | determine | may |
| die | mâze | ir | stiche | und | ir | slege | | the | extent | (of) their | thrusts | and | (of) their | blows |
1045 | wan | ein | dinc | ich | iu | wol | sage | | except | one | thing | I | you | indeed | (can) tell |
| daz | ir | deweder | was | ein | zage | | that | (of) them | neither | was | a | coward |
| wan | da | ergienc | wehselslege | gnuoc | | for | there | took place | an exchange of blows | many |
1048 | unz | daz | der | gast | dem | wirte | sluoc | | until | that | the | guest | the | host | struck |
| durch | den | helm | einen | slac | | through | (his) | helmet | a | blow |
| zetal | unz | dâ | daz | leben | lac | | downward | until | where | (his) | life | lay |
1051 | und | alse- | -r | der | tôtwunden | | and | when | he | the | mortal wound |
| rehte | het | enpfunden | | fully | _ | felt |
| dô | twanc | in | des | tôdes | leit | | then | compelled | him | _ | death's | fear |
1054 | mêre | dan | sîn | zageheit | | more | than | his | cowardice |
| daz | er | kêrte | und | gap | die | vluht | | that | he | turned | and | took | _ | flight |
| her | Îwein | jaget | in | âne | zuht | | Sir | Iwein | chased | him | without | circumstance |
1057 | engegen | sîner | burc | dan | | toward | his | castle | from there |
| ez | het | der | halptôte | man | | _ | had | the | half-dead | man |
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