Erec| | wan | si | hâten | gesat | | because | they | had | placed |
| 840 | umbe | den | sige | vil | hôhez | phant | | upon | _ | victory | very | high | price |
| | ez | galt | ze | gebenne | dâ | zehant | | it | was (at stake) | to | give | _ | at that moment |
| | minner | noch | mêre | | (no) less | nor | (no) more |
| 843 | wan | beide | lîp | und | êre | | than | both | life | and | honor |
| | dem | tâten | si | vil | gelîch | | for them | acted | they | much | in the same manner |
| | ir | vehten | was | manlîch | | their | fighting | was | manly |
| 846 | des | triben | si | vil | und | genuoc | | this | continued | they | greatly | and | sufficiently |
| | unz | daz | Îdêrs | Êrecken | sluoc | | until | (that) | Iders | Erec | struck |
| | ûf | den | helm | daz | er | gie | | on | the | helmet | (such) that | he | fell |
| 849 | von | dem | slage | ûf | diu | knie | | from | the | blow | to | (his) | knees |
| | als | vrouwe | Ênîte | daz | ersach | | when | lady | Enite | this | saw |
| | grôz | wart | ir | ungemach | | great | was | her | distress |
| 852 | si | begunde | ir | gesellen | klagen | | she | began | for her | companion | to lament |
| | si | wânde | er | wære | erslagen | | she | thought | he | had been | killed |
| | und | er | belibe | des | slages | dâ | | and | he | would remain | (from) the | blow | there |
| 855 | ûf | spranc | er | und | begunde | sâ | | _ | sprang up | he | and | began | at once |
| | den | schilt | ze | rücke | wenden | | (his) | shield | to (his) | back | to turn |
| | und | gap | ze | beiden | henden | | and | took | in | both | hands |
| 858 | daz | swert | mit | grimmen | muote | | (his) | sword | with | fierce | determination |
| | und | vaht | sam | er | wuote | | and | fought | the same as | he | raged |
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