Erec | daz | wir | diz | blœde | vehten | lân | | that | we | this | feeble | fighting | abandon |
909 | und | eine | wîle | ruowen | gân | | and | (for) a | while | rest | go |
| dô | was | Êrec | der | rede | vrô | | there | was | Erec | (at) the | words | pleased |
| ze | ruowe | sâzen | si | dô | | to | rest | sat down | they | there |
912 | ir | houbet | si | enbunden | | their | helmets | they | loosened |
| und | als | si | des | emphunden | | and | when | they | _ | felt |
| daz | si | geruowet | hâten | | that | they | rested | had |
915 | zesamene | si | dô | trâten | | _ | they | then | faced off together |
| und | griffen | an | ir | altez | spil | | and | took up | _ | their | old | game |
| als | ich | iu | nû | sagen | wil | | as | I | to you | now | relate | will |
918 | mit | guoter | kunst | mit | niuwer | kraft | | with | great | skill | with | new | strength |
| und | mit | alsô | gelîcher | meisterschaft | | and | with | just as | equal | mastery |
| si | spilnde | beliben | | they | playing | remained |
921 | dâ | si- | -z | vil | lange | getriben | | where | they | it | very | long | carried on |
| daz | witzige | unde | tumbe | | so that | (the) well-versed | and | (the) novices |
| die | stuonden | dar | umbe | | who | stood | _ | there about |
924 | mit | nihte | erkiesen | kunden | | _ | nothing | tell | could |
| weder | zuo | den | stunden | | whether | at | the | time |
| ein- | -s | ougen | wæger | hæte | | one | by an | eye | advantage | had |
927 | diz | beleip | lange | stæte | | this | remained | long | unchanged |
| weder- | -m | geviele | der | gewin | | to which | of them | would fall | _ | victory |
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