Iwein | dô | daz | tor | her | nider | sleif | | when | the | gate | down | _ | fell |
1112 | dei- | -z | im | den | lîp | niht | begreif | | that | it | _ | (his) | body | not | did touch |
| und | sluoc | als | ich | vernomen | habe | | and | cut through | as | I | heard | have |
| daz | ros | ze | mittem | satel | abe | | the | horse | at | mid | saddle | _ |
1115 | und | schriet | die | swertscheide | | and | sliced | the | sword sheath |
| und | die | sporn | beide | | and | the | spurs | both |
| hinder | der | versenen | dan | | behind | (his) | heels | away |
1118 | er | genas | als | ein | sælec | man | | he | survived | as | a | lucky | man |
| dô | im | daz | ros | tôt | gelac | | when | _ | (his) | horse | dead | lay |
| do- | -ne | mohte- | -r | als | er | ê | pflac | | then | _ | could | he | as | he | before | had done |
1121 | niht | vürbaz | gejagen | | not | further | pursue |
| ouch | het | er | den | wirt | erslagen | | also (although) | had | he | the | host | had mortally wounded |
| der | vlôch | noch | den | ende | vor | | who | fled (away) | yet | (to) the | end | _ |
1124 | durch | ein | ander | slegetor | | under | a | second | portcullis |
| und | liez | daz | hinder | ime | nider | | and | let fall | it | behind | him | _ |
| do- | -ne | mohte | der | gast | vür | noch | wider | wider | | then | not | could go forward | the | guest | _ | nor | could go backward | _ |
1127 | sus | was | mîn | her | Îwein | | so | was | _ | Sir | Iwein |
| zwischen | disen | porten | zwein | | between | these | gates | two |
| beslozzen | und | gevangen | | locked | and | caught |
1130 | swie | sêre | im | missegangen | | however | much | (for) him | gone badly |
| an | der | vancnüsse | wære | | in | the | imprisonment | (it) had |
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