Iwein | dô | sî | zesamne | trâten | | when | they | _ | came together |
7127 | die | zwêne | kampfwîsen | | the | two | experienced (fighters) |
| sî | sparten | daz | îsen | | they | spared | the | armor |
| dâ | mit | ir | lîp | was | bewart | | _ | so that | their | bodies | were | protected |
7130 | diu | swert | en- | -wurden | niht | gespart | | the | swords | _ | were | not | spared |
| sî | wâren | der | schilte | | they | were | (to) the | shields |
| ein | ander | harte | milte | | (of the) | another | very | generous |
7133 | den | schilten | wâren | sî | gehaz | | (to) the | shields | were | they | hostile |
| ir | ietweder | bedâhte | daz | | (of) them | each | was thinking | this |
| waz | touc | mir | mîn | arbeit | | what | use are | (for) me | my | efforts |
7136 | unz | er | den | schilt | vor | im | treit | | as long as | he | (his) | shield | before | him | bears |
| sô | ist | er | ein | sicher | man | | so | is | he | a | safe | man |
| die | schilte | hiuwen | sî | dan | | the | swords | hacked | they | away |
7139 | sî- | -ne | geruochten | des | nie | | they | _ | did desire | this | not |
| daz | sî | niderhalp | der | knie | | that | they | below | the | knee |
| deheiner | slege | tæten | war | | any | blows | _ | aimed |
7142 | dâ | si | der | schilte | wâren | bar | | there where | they | (by) the | shields | were | unprotected |
| si | entlihen | kreftiger | slege | | they | lent | powerful | blows |
| mê | dan | ich | gesagen | mege | | more | than | I | to tell | am able |
7145 | âne | bürgen | und | âne | pfant | | without | guarantor | and | without | guaranty |
| und | wart | vergolten | dâ | zehant | | and | were | repaid | there | promptly |
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