Gregorius | diu | ors | si | zesamene | truogen | | (their) | horses | them | _ | bore together |
2123 | diu | sper | wâren | kurz | und | grôz | | the | lances | were | short | and | thick |
| des | ir | ietweder | missenôz | | (with) these | (of) them | each | had little advantage |
| wande | ir | ietweder | stach | | for | (of) them | each | thrust |
2126 | daz | sîn | daz | ez | ze | stücken | brach | | that | (of) his | (so) that | it | into | splinters | shattered |
| und | daz | si | doch | gesâzen | | and | (so) that | they | yet | remained mounted |
| wie | lützel | si | vergâzen | | how | little | they | forgot |
2129 | der | swerte | bî | der | sîten | | the | swords | at | (their) | sides |
| seht | si | begunden | strîten | | look | they | began | to fight |
| zwêne | gelîche | starke | man | | two | equally | strong | men |
2132 | der | enweder | nie | gewan | | (of) them (both) | neither | ever | showed |
| unredelîche | zageheit | | unseemly | cowardice |
| daz | sî | iu | vür | wâr | geseit | | this | let be | (to) you | _ | in truth | told |
2135 | alse | grôz | als | umbe | ein | hâr | | so | much | as | _ | a | hair |
| und | ez | muose | dâ | vür | wâr | | and | it | had | there | _ | in truth |
| den | strît | under | in | beiden | | the | contest | between | them | both |
2138 | kunst | und | gelücke | scheiden | | skill | (or) | fortune | to decide |
| dô | ir | ietweder | genuoc | | when | (of) them | each | (often) enough |
| mit | dem | swerte | gesluoc | | with | (their) | swords | had struck |
2141 | dô | bekumberte | in | alsus | | then | beset | him | so |
| der | getühtige | Grêgôrius | | the | able | Gregorius |
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