Erec | als | ez | der | hövesche | got | gebôt | | as | it | the | courtly | God | decreed |
5518 | als | sîn | geselle | | when | his | companion |
| daz | grôze | gevelle | | the | great | crash |
| gesach | von | dem | micheln | man | | saw | of | the | hugh | man |
5521 | mit | zorne | kêrte | er | wider | dan | | in | anger | turned around | he | _ | then |
| und | begunde | den | kolben | wenden | | and | began | (his) | club | to wield |
| und | gap | in | ze | beiden | henden | | and | grasped | it | with | both | hands |
5524 | Êrec | erbeizete | dô | | Erec | dismounted | then |
| des | was | der | rise | vrô | | at this | was | the | giant | happy |
| und | wânde | in | sâ | gewunnen | hân | | and | thought | him | already | defeated | to have |
5527 | in | trouc | ob | got | wil | sîn | wân | | him | deceived | at | God's | will | his | hopes |
| er | sluoc | sam | er | wuote | | he | struck | the same as | he | raged |
| wan | daz | sich | Êrec | huote | | except | that | himself | Erec | guarded |
5530 | unde | sich | mit | listen | | and | himself | with | skill |
| wol | kunde | gevristen | | well | was able | to protect |
| er | wære | z- | -em | êrsten | erslagen | | (otherwise) he | would | by | the | first (blow) | have been killed |
5533 | sîn | snelheit | kunde | in | ûz | getragen | | his | quickness | enabled | him | _ | to dodge |
| den | schilt | er | im | dar | bôt | | (his) | shield | he | (towards) him | there | held |
| über | den | gienc | doch | diu | nôt | | onto | it | went | then | the | danger |
5536 | swâ | er | den | schilt | erreichte | | wherever | he | the | shield | reached |
| daz | herte | bret | erweichte | | the | hard | wood | gave way |
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