Erec | herre | durch | got | vernim | mich | | my Lord | _ | for God's sake | hear | me |
3381 | bewar | ez | oder | man | sleht | dich | | guard (yourself) against | it | or | one | will kill | you |
| ich | sihe | vünf | gesellen | | I | see | five | companions |
| die | dich | slahen | wellen | | who | you | to kill | intend |
3384 | als | schiere | si | im- | -z | seite | | as | soon (as) | she | him | (about) it | told |
| ze | wer | er | sich | bereite | | for | defense | he | himself | prepared |
| ir | einer | hete | sich | ûz | genomen | | of them | one | had | _ | _ | come on (ahead) |
3387 | und | was | den | andern | vür | komen | | and | had | the | others | _ | proceeded |
| daz | er | tjostierte | wider | in | | (so) that | he | could joust | against | him |
| ûf | sîn | selbes | ungewin | | to | his | own | loss |
3390 | wan | in | stach | Êrec | fil | de | roi | Lac | | for | him | thrust | Erec | fil | de | roi | Lac |
| daz | er | under- | -m | rosse | tôt | lac | | (so) that | he | under | (his) | horse | dead | lay |
| dannoch | wâren | ir | viere | | still | were | of them | four |
3393 | der | einen | er | schiere | | the | one | he | quickly |
| ouch | tôten | von | dem | rosse | stach | | also | dead | from | (his) | horse | thrust |
| unde | daz | sîn | sper | zebrach | | and | (so) that | his | lance | shattered |
3396 | dô | enblient | er- | -z | dem | swerte | | then | entrusted | he | (matters) | (to his) | sword |
| der | strît | unlange | werte | | the | battle | not long | did last |
| er | begunde | vellen | | he | proceeded | to fall |
3399 | die | drîe | z- | -ir | gesellen | | the | three | beside | their | commrades |
| alsô | dô | der | eine | man | | when | then | the | one | man |
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