Iwein| | wan | ich | bat | mich | got | genern | | except that | I | asked | me | God | to protect |
| 417 | vil | gerne | wold | ich | von | dan | | very | much | wanted (to leave) | I | from | there |
| | do | gesach | ich | sitzen | einen | man | | then | saw | I | sitting | a | man |
| | in | almitten | under | in | | _ | right in (the) midst | among | them |
| 420 | daz | getrôste | mir | den | sin | | that | reassured | (for) me | my | spirit |
| | dô | ich | aber | im | nâher | kam | | when | I | however | (to) him | closer | came |
| | und | ich | sîn | rehte | war | genam | | and | I | him | clearly | _ | could see |
| 423 | dô | vorht | ich | in | alsô | sêre | | then | feared | I | him | just as | much |
| | sam | diu | tier | ode | mêre | | as | the | beasts | or | (even) more |
| | sîn | menneschlîch | bilde | | his | human | form |
| 426 | was | anders | harte | wilde | | was | beyond this | quite | wild |
| | er | was | einem | Môre | gelîch | | he | was | a | Moor | like |
| | michel | unde | als | eislîch | | huge | and | also | terrible |
| 429 | daz | ez | niemen | wol | geloubet | | that | it | no one | really | would believe |
| | zewâre | im | was | sîn | houbet | | in truth | (on) him | was | his | head |
| | grœzer | dan | einem | ûre | | larger | than | an | auerochs |
| 432 | ez | hete | der | gebûre | | _ | had | the | farmer |
| | ein | ragendez | hâr | ruozvar | | _ | projecting | hair | a soot-color |
| | daz | was | im | vast | unde | gar | | this | was | (on) him | firmly | and | completely |
| 435 | verwalken | zuo | der | swarte | | matted | (down) to | (his) | skin |
| | an | houbet | unde | an | barte | | on (his) | head | and | on (his) | beard |
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