Iwein | und | vür | die | kolben | töhte | | and | against | the | clubs | was effective |
6727 | man | sach | den | helm | rîsen | | one | saw | (his) | helmet | fall (away) |
| und | ander | sîn | îsen | | and | other (pieces) | (of) his | armor |
| als | ez | von | strô | wære | geworht | | as if | it | of | straw | were | made |
6730 | den | edeln | rîter | unervorht | | the | noble | knight | fearless |
| vriste | sîn | manheit | und | sîn | sin | | protected | his | valor | and | his | skill |
| daz | er | sô | lange | vor | in | | that | he | so | long | before | them |
6733 | unerslagen | werte | | undefeated | lasted |
| ouch | galt | er | mit- | -tem | swerte | | also | dealt | he | with | (his) | sword |
| under | wîlen | einen | slac | | at | times | a | blow |
6736 | der | vil | wol | ze | staten | lac | | which | very | well | _ | effective | (was) |
| dô | dise | slege | herte | | when | these | blows | hard |
| der | lewe | sîn | geverte | | the | lion | his | companion |
6739 | beide | gehôrte | unde | gesach | | both | heard | and | saw |
| dô | muot | in | sîn | ungemach | | then | troubled | him | his | distress |
| dô- | -ne | vant | er | loch | noch | tür | | then | _ | found | he | (neither) hole | nor | door |
6742 | dâ | er | kæme | hin | vür | | _ | he | might get | where | out |
| und | suochte | al | umbe | unz | er | vant | | and | searched | all | around | until | he | found |
| bî | der | erde | an | der | want | | at | the | ground | by | the | wall |
6745 | eine | vûle | swelle | | a | rotten | beam |
| der | getriuwe | hergeselle | | the | loyal | comrade-in-arms |
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