Iwein | vor | ûf | dem | orse | vür | tôt | | _ | on | the | horse | as (if) | dead |
5050 | do | ersach | der | lewe | sîne | nôt | | then | saw | the | lion | his | plight |
| und | lief | den | ungevüegen | man | | and | ran at | the | huge | man |
| vil | unsitelîchen | an | | very | savagely | _ |
5053 | und | zart | im | cleit | unde | brât | | and | tore | (off) him | clothes | and | flesh |
| als | lanc | sô | der | rücke | gât | | as | long | as | the | back | is |
| von | den | ahseln | her | abe | | from | the | shoulders | _ | on down |
5056 | unz | daz | der | michel | knabe | | (so) | that | the | huge | fellow |
| als | ein | ohse | erluote | | like | an | ox | bellowed |
| und | wante | die | ruote | | and | swung | the | staff |
5059 | die | er | dâ | ze | wer | truoc | | which | he | there | for | defense | carried |
| und | dô | er | nâch | dem | lewen | sluoc | | and | as | he | at | the | lion | struck |
| dô | entweich | im | der | lewe | dan | | then | dodged | (from) him | the | lion | away |
5062 | und | en- | -traf | den | lewen | noch | den | man | | and | _ | (he) struck | (neither) the | lion | nor | the | man |
| im | wart | zuo | dem | slage | sô | gâch | | (for) him | was | _ | the | blow | so | violent |
| daz | er | sich | neicte | dar- | -nâch | | that | he | _ | was bent forward | _ | by it |
5065 | und | ouch | vil | nâch | der- | -nider | lac | | and | also | very | nearly | _ | down | (fell) |
| ê | er | erzüge | den | andern | slac | | before | he | could rise up | (for) the | second | blow |
| dô | hete | sich | her | Îwein | | then | had | himself | Sir | Iwein |
5068 | mit | vil | grôzen | wunden | zwein | | with | very | large | wounds | two |
| an | im | vil | wol | gerochen | | on | him | very | well | revenged |
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