Erec | ir | mezzen | wart | dô | wol | bewant | | their | aim | was | there | (very) well | employed |
9092 | wan | si | gerieten | beide | | for | they | struck (home) | both |
| hie | wart | diu | sperweide | | here | were | the | lances' paths |
| vor | dem | lîbe | durch | gesant | | in front of | the | body | _ | lined-up |
9095 | durch | beide | schilte | unz | an | die | hant | | through | both | shields | up | to | (their) | hands |
| die | starken | schefte | ganz | beliben | | the | strong | shafts | intact | remained |
| swie | sêre | si | würden | dar | getriben | | however | violently | they | were | there | driven |
9098 | wider | zugen | si | diu | sper | | _ | pulled out again | they | (their) | lances |
| in | manlîcher | ger | | with | manly | eagerness |
| und | riten | von | ein | ander | dan | | and | rode | from | one | another | away |
9101 | die | zwêne | gelîch | gemuote | man | | the | two | like | minded | men |
| durch | tjostieren | mêre | | in order to | tjost | further |
| diu | ros | wurden | aber | sêre | | (their) | horses | were | again | strongly |
9104 | und | vaste | mit | den | sporn | gemant | | and | firmly | with | _ | spurs | urged on |
| und | wider | zesamene | gesant | | and | again | _ | sent at one another |
| hie | huop | sich | herzeminne | | here | began | _ | (a) love affair |
9107 | nâch | starkem | gewinne | | with | high | stakes |
| si | minneten | sunder | bette | | they | made love | without | (a) bed |
| diu | minne | stuont | ze | wette | | _ | love | stood | as | (the) bet |
9110 | sweder | nider | gelæge | | whoever | _ | lay down |
| dem | wart | der | tôt | wæge | | (over) him | would be | _ | death | trump |
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