Erec | als | ez | im | ze | heile | geschach | | as | it | (for his) | _ | good fortune | happened |
4722 | daz | er | was | gewæfens | blôz | | that | he | was | of armour | bare |
| wie | wol | her | Keiîn | genôz | | how | well | Sir | Kei | benefited |
| der | tugent | die | Êrec | hâte | | (from) the | virtue | which | Erec | had |
4725 | vil | wunderlîchen | drâte | | most | wonderously | quickly |
| daz | sper | er | umbe | kêrte | | (his) | lanze | he | _ | turned around |
| daz | er | in | niht | versêrte | | (so) that | he | him | not | would injure |
4728 | er | wante | gegen | im | den | schaft | | he | turned | towards | him | the | shaft |
| und | stach | in | mit | selher | kraft | | and | struck | him | with | such | force |
| daz | keiîn | rehte | als | ein | sac | | that | Kei | just | like | a | sack |
4731 | under | dem | rosse | gelac | | beneath | the | horse | lay |
| nâch | sînem | rehte | | as was | his | due |
| ungelîch | einem | guoten | knehte | | unlike | a | brave | knight |
4734 | daz | ros | vuorte | Êrec | dan | | the | horse | led | Erec | away |
| Keiîn | der | schalchafte | man | | Kei | the | malicious | one |
| ime | vaste | nâch | lief | | him | quickly | _ | ran after |
4737 | lûte | er | in | ane | rief | | loudly | he | (to) him | _ | cried out |
| nein | ritter | vil | guot | | no | knight | most | brave |
| durch | dînen | tugenthaften | muot | | in the name of | your | noble | spirit |
4740 | daz | mir | daz | ros | hie | bestê | | (that) | (with) me | the | horse | here | remain |
| oder | ich | muoz | es | immer | mê | | otherwise | I | must | (of) it | ever | more |
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