Erec | daz | er | getorste | si | bestân | | that | he | dared | them | do battle with |
5394 | ouch | vuorten | die | unguoten | | also | carried | the | evil (ones) |
| mit | vingergrôzen | strangen | | with | finger-thick | lashes |
5397 | den | si | dâ | heten | gevangen | | (the) one | they | there | had | taken prisoner |
| den | triben | si | dâ | mite | | him | drove | they | _ | with these |
| nâch | vreislîchem | site | | with | terrible | behavior |
5400 | er | reit | âne | gewant | | he | rode | without | clothes |
| unde | blôz | sam | ein | hant | | and | bare | as | a | hand |
| geleit | wâren | im | die | hende | | laid | were | (him) | (his) | hands |
5403 | ze | rücke | mit | gebende | | on | (his) back | with | bands |
| und | die | vüeze | unden | | and | (his) | feet | under(neath) |
| zesamene | gebunden | | _ | bound together |
5406 | vil | manegen | geiselslac | er | leit | | very | many | lashes | he | suffered |
| dâ | er | vor | in | hin | reit | | where | he | before | them | ahead | rode |
| si | sluogen | in | âne | erbarmen | | they | struck | him | without | pity |
5409 | sô | sêre | daz | dem | armen | | so | severly | that | (on) the | poor (one) |
| diu | hût | hin | abe | hie | | the | skin | down | _ | was beaten |
| von | dem | houbete | an | diu | knie | | from | (his) | head | to | (his) | knees |
5412 | si | brâchen | vaste | ritters | reht | | they | broke | completely | knight's | rights |
| und | handelten | den | guoten | kneht | | and | laid hands on | the | good | knight |
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