Erec | unz | daz | im | ein | sperstich | | until | that | him | a | lance thrust |
5510 | engegen | in | sîn | houbet | kam | | towards | into | his | head | came |
| der | im | ein | ouge | benam | | which | (from) him | an | eye | took (out) |
| der | stich | ergie | mit | selher | kraft | | the | thrust | went | with | such | force |
5513 | daz | im | wol | ellenlanc | der | schaft | | that | (from) him | indeed | incredibly longh | the | shaft |
| ûz | hienc | vor | dem | ougen | | _ | stuck out | from | (his) | eye |
| swie | kleine | er- | -z | wolde | erougen | | however | little | he | this | wanted | to see (happen) |
5516 | er | stach | in | zuo | der | erde | tôt | | he | thrust | him | to | the | ground | dead |
| als | ez | der | hövesche | got | gebôt | | as | it | the | courtly | God | decreed |
| als | sîn | geselle | | when | his | companion |
5519 | daz | grôze | gevelle | | the | great | crash |
| gesach | von | dem | micheln | man | | saw | of | the | hugh | man |
| mit | zorne | kêrte | er | wider | dan | | in | anger | turned around | he | _ | then |
5522 | und | begunde | den | kolben | wenden | | and | began | (his) | club | to wield |
| und | gap | in | ze | beiden | henden | | and | grasped | it | with | both | hands |
| Êrec | erbeizete | dô | | Erec | dismounted | then |
5525 | des | was | der | rise | vrô | | at this | was | the | giant | happy |
| und | wânde | in | sâ | gewunnen | hân | | and | thought | him | already | defeated | to have |
| in | trouc | ob | got | wil | sîn | wân | | him | deceived | at | God's | will | his | hopes |
5528 | er | sluoc | sam | er | wuote | | he | struck | the same as | he | raged |
| wan | daz | sich | Êrec | huote | | except | that | himself | Erec | guarded |
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