Erec | ûf | den | helm | er | in | erriet | | on | (his) | helmet | he | him | struck |
9203 | dâ | die | swarte | daz | mittel | schiet | | where | the | scalp | the | middle | divides |
| und | sluoc | ez | alsô | vaste | | and | struck | it | so | powerfully |
| daz | von | dem | slage | erglaste | | (so) that | from | the | blow | flashed |
9206 | ein | breitiu | vlamme | viurîn | | a | broad | flame | fiery |
| daz | daz | viur | möhte | sîn | | that | the | fire | could | have |
| gevangen | mit | einem | schoube | | been caught | by | a | bundle of straw |
9209 | got | lône | im | der- | -z | geloube | | (may) God | reward | him | who | it | believes |
| wan | ich | niht | dr- | -umbe | geswern | mac | | for | I | not | _ | to it | swear | can |
| dirre | grimmeclîche | slac | | this | fierce | blow |
9212 | Êrecke | in | sîn | houbet | erschal | | Erec | in | his | head | resounded |
| daz | er | vil | kûme | meit | den | val | | (so) that | he | (very) | hardly | avoided | (a) | fall |
| sîniu | ôren | und | diu | ougen | | his | ears | and | his | eyes |
9215 | begunden | ir | ambtes | lougen | | began | their | duty | to deny |
| daz | er | gehôrte | noch | gesach | | (so) that | he | (neither) could hear | nor | could see |
| wan | daz | daz | swert | enzwei | brach | | if not | that | the | sword | in two | had broken |
9218 | ez | wære | gewesen | sîn | ende | | it | would have | been | his | end |
| vil | schiere | der | ellende | | very | quickly | the | stranger |
| sîne | kraft | herwider | gewan | | his | strength | again | regained |
9221 | daz | er | gesach | und | sich | versan | | (so) that | he | could see | and | _ | could think |
| und | gehôrte | alsam | ouch | ê | | and | could hear | as | also | before |
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