Erec | daz | er | im | ze | nihte | tohte | | that | it | for him | to | nothing | amounted |
2593 | als | er | gewerlîchest | mohte | | as | he | the most carefully | could |
| sô | staphete | er | ûz | von | in | | so | withdrew | he | _ | from | them |
| schilt | und | ros | gap | er | hin | | shield | and | horse | gave | he | away |
2596 | ûf | ein | anderz | er | gesaz | | upon | _ | another | he | mounted |
| und | warnte | sich | mit | schilte | baz | | and | armed | himself | with | (a) shield | better |
| und | mit | niuwem | baniere | | and | with | (a) new | banner |
2599 | daz | en- | -tete | er | nie | sô | schiere | | this | _ | did | he | not | so | quickly |
| ê | er | die | sîne | zuo | sach | varn | | before that | he | (his) | own | _ | saw | riding (up) |
| nû | en- | -mohte | er | zwischen | den | scharn | | now | not | could | he | between | the | companies |
2602 | getjostieren | mêre | | joust | (any) more (alone) |
| nû | wart | dâ | vil | sêre | | now | were | there | very | many |
| geslagen | und | gestochen | | blows | and | thrusts |
2605 | manec | sper | zebrochen | | many | lances | broken |
| dô | beidenthalp | diu | ritterschaft | | there | on both sides | the | knights |
| mit | sô | williger | kraft | | with | such | determined | force |
2608 | zesamene | liezen | strîchen | | _ | _ | charged together |
| nû | mohte | sich | gelîchen | | now | could | _ | compare |
| der | schal | von | den | scheften | | the | sound | from | the | shafts |
2611 | niuwan | dâ | von | windes | kreften | | to nothing other than | when | of the | wind | (the) forces |
| ein | walt | begunde | vallen | | a | woods | began | to fall |
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