Iwein | beide | laster | unde | leit | | both | disgrace | and | harm |
1008 | ir | ietweder | was | gereit | | (of) them | each | was | intent |
| ûf | des | anderen | schaden | | on | the | other's | injury |
| sî | hete | beide | überladen | | they | were | both | consumed |
1011 | grôz | ernest | unde | zorn | | (with) great | determination | and | anger |
| sî | nâmen | diu | ors | mit- | -ten | sporn | | they | urged (on) | their | horses | with | (their) | spurs |
| sus | was | in | zuo | ein | ander | ger | | such | were | (they) | to (get at) | one | another | eager |
1014 | ir | ietweder | sîn | sper | | (of) them | each | his | lance |
| durch | des | andern | schilt | stach | | through | the | other's | shield | struck |
| ûf | den | lîp | daz | ez | zebrach | | (up) against | the | body | (so) that | it | splintered |
1017 | wol | ze | hundert | stücken | | almost | into (a) | hundred | pieces |
| dô | muosen | si | beide | zücken | | then | had | they | both | to draw |
| diu | swert | von | den | sîten | | (their) | swords | from | (their) | sides |
1020 | hie | huop | sich | ein | strîten | | here | ensued | _ | a | battle |
| daz | got | mit | êren | möhte | sehen | | which | God | with | honor | could have | seen |
| und | solt | ein | kampf | vor | im | geschehen | | (and) if | should | a | battle | before | him | take place |
1023 | über | die | schilte | gienc | diu | nôt | | at | the | shields | was directed | the | danger |
| den | ir | ietweder | vür | bôt | | which | (of) them | each | _ | thrust (out) |
| die | wîle | daz | die | werten | | the | while | that | they | lasted |
1026 | sî | wurden | ab | mit | den | swerten | | they | were | however | with | the | swords |
| zehouwen | schiere | alsô | gar | | hacked | quickly | so | completely |
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