Erec | dô | bevant | er | wærlîchen | | then | found | he | truly |
768 | daz | Êrec | degenes | ellen | truoc | | that | Erec | of a warrior | (the) courage | bore |
| mit | der | tjost | er | im | sluoc | | in | the | joust | he | him | struck |
| den | schilt | an | daz | houbet | | the | shield | against | the | helmet |
771 | dâ | von | wart | er | betoubet | | there | from | was | he | stunned |
| daz | er | kûme | gesaz | | (so) that | he | scarcely | sat |
| vil | selten | geschach | im | daz | | very | seldom | happened | to him | that |
774 | diu | tjost | wart | sô | krefteclich | | the | joust | was | so | powerful |
| daz | diu | ros | hinder | sich | | that | the | horses | behind | themselves |
| an | die | hehsen | gesâzen | | on | the | haunches | sat |
777 | der | muote | was | erlâzen | | (from such a) | charge | was | spared |
| der | ritter | Îdêrs | unz | an | die | stunt | | the | knight | Iders | until | _ | (this) | time |
| diu | wart | im | sît | garwe | kunt | | it | was | to him | since | completely | clear |
780 | der | schefte | vlugen | in | von | der | hant | | the | shafts | flew | _ | from | (their) | hands |
| zebrochen | über | des | schiltes | rant | | splintered | ove | ther | shield's | edges |
| dô | von | in | gelîche | | _ | of this | for them | (both) the same |
783 | vil | harte | lobelîche | | very | (greatly) | praiseworthy |
| wol | diu | vünfte | tjost | ergie | | well | the | fifth | joust | passed |
| daz | ir | deweder | vervâlte | nie | | that | of them | neither | failed | (n)ever |
786 | wan | daz | si | diu | sper | ûf | stâchen | | rather | (that) | they | (their) | lances | _ | thrust |
| daz | si | gar | zebrâchen | | so that | they | completely | splintered |
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