Erec | daz | ros | begunde | er | wenden | | the | horse | began | he | to turn |
808 | daz | ez | in | gegen | dem | ritter | truoc | | so that | it | him | towards | the | knight | bore |
| daz | sper | er | under- | -n | arm | sluoc | | (his) | lance | he | under | (his) | arm | set firmly |
| der | ritter | im | engegen | kam | | the | knight | him | _ | approached |
811 | wol | gewarnet | alsam | | well | armed | likewise |
| si | liezen | zesamene | strîchen | | they | _ | _ | (at) one another charged |
| alsô | krefteclîchen | | so | powerfully |
814 | sô | si | meiste | von | ir | sinnen | | as | they | the most | though | their | determination |
| ûz | den | rossen | mohten | gewinnen | | from | (their) | horses | could | gain |
| sô | sêre | zesamene | si | stâchen | | so | greatly | _ | they | together struck |
817 | daz | dem | ritter | brâchen | | that | (on) the | knight | broke |
| die | darmgürtel | beide | | the | saddle-girths | both |
| dô | gelebete | er- | -m | nie | sô | leide | | there | experienced | he | _ | never (before) | such | distress |
820 | surzengel | und | vürbüege | | surcingle | and | breast harness |
| doch | er | guot | ellen | trüege | | no matter that | he | great | courage | showed |
| Êrec | in | von | dem | rosse | schiet | | Erec | him | from | (his) | horse | separated |
823 | ze | spotte | aller | der | diet | | to (the) | mockery | of all | of the | people |
| als | Êrecke | dô | sô | wol | geschach | | when | Erec | then | so | well | fared |
| daz | er | den | ritter | nider | stach | | so that | he | the | knight | _ | struck down |
826 | von | im | enthielt | er | hôher | baz | | from | him | held back | he | further | better |
| daz | tete | er | umbe | daz | | this | did | he | _ | for the reason |
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