Erec | die | hant | hân | abe | geslagen | | (his) | hand | have | _ | cut off |
4712 | dô | zuhte | er | si | enzît | | then | withdrew | he | it | in time |
| unde | vlôch | âne | strît | | and | fled | without | (a) fight |
| swie | er | ûf | Wintwaliten | | although | he | on | Wintwalite |
4715 | dem | besten | rosse | wære | geriten | | the | finest | horse | was | riding |
| daz | ie | ritter | gewan | | which | ever | (a) knight | owned |
| alsô | seine | kêrte | er | dan | | so | slowly | turned | he | then |
4718 | rehte | an | die | widervart | | directly | onto | the | way back |
| von | Êrecke | er | ervolget | wart | | (that) by | Erec | er | overtaken | was |
| und | als | er | rehte | daz | gesach | | and | when | he | clearly | that | saw |
4721 | als | ez | im | ze | heile | geschach | | as | it | (for his) | _ | good fortune | happened |
| daz | er | was | gewæfens | blôz | | that | he | was | of armour | bare |
| wie | wol | her | Keiîn | genôz | | how | well | Sir | Kei | benefited |
4724 | der | tugent | die | Êrec | hâte | | (from) the | virtue | which | Erec | had |
| vil | wunderlîchen | drâte | | most | wonderously | quickly |
| daz | sper | er | umbe | kêrte | | (his) | lanze | he | _ | turned around |
4727 | daz | er | in | niht | versêrte | | (so) that | he | him | not | would injure |
| er | wante | gegen | im | den | schaft | | he | turned | towards | him | the | shaft |
| und | stach | in | mit | selher | kraft | | and | struck | him | with | such | force |
4730 | daz | keiîn | rehte | als | ein | sac | | that | Kei | just | like | a | sack |
| under | dem | rosse | gelac | | beneath | the | horse | lay |
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