Erec | was | vil | unerværet | | was | very | confident |
2779 | daz | hâte | er | dicke | bewæret | | this | had | he | often | proven |
| zuo | ein | ander | was | in | ger | | to go at | one | another | were | they | eager |
| âne | vælen | zwelf | sper | | without | fail | twelve | lances |
2782 | vertete | ir | ietweder | dâ | | used up | of them | both | there |
| nû | erbeizete | von | rosse | sâ | | now | dismounted | from (his) | horse | immediately |
| der | tugenthafte | Êrec | | the | virtuous | Erec |
2785 | unde | gap | daz | enwec | | and | gave | it | away |
| ûf | daz | vünfte | er | dô | saz | | onto | the | fifth | he | then | mounted |
| bereite | was | ime | daz | | ready | was | for him | it |
2788 | sîn | ernest | des | gedâhte | | his | determination | on this | thought |
| daz | er | ouch | volbrâhte | | (that) what | he | also | concluded |
| er | en- | -wolde | si | niht | mê | sûmen | | he | _ | wanted | it | not | more | to delay |
2791 | er | bat | im | ez | rûmen | | he | requested | (for himself) | it | be cleared |
| daz | sper | er | under- | -n | arm | sluoc | | (his) | lance | he | under | (his) | arm | set |
| guot | wille | si | zesamene | truoc | | (with) good | will | they | together | clashed |
2794 | nû | erriet | er | in | daz | er- | -s | emphant | | now | struck | he | him | so that | he | it | felt |
| z- | -en | vier | nageln | gegen | der | hant | | on | the | four | nails | over against | (his) | hand |
| alsô | sêre | er | in | stach | | so | greatly | he | (against) him | thrust |
2797 | daz | im | daz | vürbüege | brach | | that | he | the | breast harness | broke |
| darmgürtel | und | surzengel | brast | | saddle-girths | and | surcingle | burst |
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