Iwein | vride | von | des | lewen | bete | | peace | from | the | lion's | command |
5387 | diu | bete | was | niuwan | der | tôt | | the | command | was | nothing less than | (his) | death |
| des | vreut | sî | sich | des | gie | ir | nôt | | (at) this | was pleased | she | _ | (of) this | (there) was | (for) her | cause |
| hie | lac | der | truhsæze | | here | lay (dead) | the | seneschal |
5390 | nû | wart | der | lewe | ræze | | now | became | the | lion | ferocious |
| ze | sînen | kampfgenôzen | | (over) against | his | battle comrades |
| die | manegen | slac | grôzen | | who | many | blows | hard |
5393 | heten | enpfangen | und | gegeben | | had | received | and | dealt |
| werten | sî | nû | wol | daz | leben | | defended | they | now | indeed | (their) | lives |
| daz | was | in | guot | vür | den | tôt | | this | was | (for) them | good | against | _ | death |
5396 | wand | sî | bestuont | nû | michel | nôt | | for | they | faced | now | great | peril |
| nû | wâren | zwêne | wider | zwein | | now | (there) were | two | against | two |
| wand | ez- | -n | mohte | her | Îwein | | for | _ | _ | could | Sir | Iwein |
5399 | den | lewen | niht | vertrîben | | the | lion | not | drive away |
| dô | liez | er- | -z | ouch | belîben | | then | let | he | it | also | stay |
| er | hete | sîner | helfe | wol | enborn | | he | could have | his | help | well (enough) | foregone |
5402 | und | lie | ez | ouch | ân | grôzen | zorn | | and | permitted | it | also | without | great | anger |
| daz | er | in | sîne | helfe | spranc | | that | he | (to) him | (in) | help | leaped |
| er- | -n | sagte- | -s | im | danc | noch | undanc | | he | _ | said | (of) it | (to) him | (neither) thanks | nor | 'no thanks' |
5405 | sî | vâhten- | -s | bêdenthalben | an | | they | attacked | them | from both sides | _ |
| hie | der | lewe | dort | der | man | | here | the | lion | there | the | man |
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