Erec | von | in | was | vil | verre | | from | them | was | very | far (away) |
6140 | dô | gehôrte | er | daz | wîp | | then | heard | he | the | woman |
| mit | wuofe | quellen | ir | lîp | | with | (her) wailing | tormenting | her | body |
| und | als | er | ir | stimme | vernam | | and | when | he | her | voice | heard |
6143 | von | wunder | er | dar | kam | | out (of) | curiosity | he | there | came |
| ze | diu | daz | er | gesæhe | | for | that | that | he | might see |
| waz | wunders | dâ | geschæhe | | what | (of) wonders | there | was happening |
6146 | iemitten | unde | si | daz | swert | | just | as | she | the | sword |
| gegen | ir | brüsten | wert | | against | her | breast | directed |
| sich | ze | tœten | hete | gesat | | herself | to | kill | had | set |
6149 | nû | kam | er | rîtende | an | die | stat | | now | came | he | riding | to | the | place |
| und | als | er | ir | gebærde | ersach | | and | when | he | (by) her | actions | saw |
| daz | si | gegen | dem | lîbe | stach | | that | she | towards | her | body | thrust |
6152 | dô | wart | im | von | dem | rosse | gâch | | then | (sprang) | (he) | from | (his) | horse | quickly |
| wan | er | mohte | sich | vil | nâch | | for | he | could | _ | very | well |
| an | der | rede | versûmet | hân | | with | _ | words | arrived too late | have |
6155 | daz | der | stich | wære | getân | | (and) that | the | thrust | would have been | done |
| er | vienc | si | gâhes | an | sich | | he | pulled | her | quickly | to | him |
| und | erwante | den | stich | | and | averted | the | thrust |
6158 | ûz | der | hant | er | ir- | -z | brach | | from | (her) | hand | he | (from) her | it | tore |
| er | warf | ez | von | im | unde | sprach | | he | threw | it | from | him | and | said |
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