Erec | dô | sach | man | schenkel | vliegen | | there | saw | one | shanks | flying |
763 | dô | begunde | jenen | triegen | | there | began | that (other) one | to deceive |
| sîn | hôchvertiger | wân | | his | arrogant | attitude |
| er | wânde | ein | kint | bestanden | hân | | he | thought | a | child | to battle with | have |
766 | zesamene | liezen | si | strîchen | | _ | _ | they | at one another charged |
| dô | bevant | er | wærlîchen | | then | found | he | truly |
| daz | Êrec | degenes | ellen | truoc | | that | Erec | of a warrior | (the) courage | bore |
769 | mit | der | tjost | er | im | sluoc | | in | the | joust | he | him | struck |
| den | schilt | an | daz | houbet | | the | shield | against | the | helmet |
| dâ | von | wart | er | betoubet | | there | from | was | he | stunned |
772 | daz | er | kûme | gesaz | | (so) that | he | scarcely | sat |
| vil | selten | geschach | im | daz | | very | seldom | happened | to him | that |
| diu | tjost | wart | sô | krefteclich | | the | joust | was | so | powerful |
775 | daz | diu | ros | hinder | sich | | that | the | horses | behind | themselves |
| an | die | hehsen | gesâzen | | on | the | haunches | sat |
| der | muote | was | erlâzen | | (from such a) | charge | was | spared |
778 | der | ritter | Îdêrs | unz | an | die | stunt | | the | knight | Iders | until | _ | (this) | time |
| diu | wart | im | sît | garwe | kunt | | it | was | to him | since | completely | clear |
| der | schefte | vlugen | in | von | der | hant | | the | shafts | flew | _ | from | (their) | hands |
781 | zebrochen | über | des | schiltes | rant | | splintered | ove | ther | shield's | edges |
| dô | von | in | gelîche | | _ | of this | for them | (both) the same |
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