Erec | ouch | zwîvelte | vaste | | also | despaired | greatly |
4422 | diu | schœne | vrouwe | Ênîte | | the | beautiful | Lady | enite |
| dô | im | sîn | sîte | | when | (from) him | his | side |
| alsô | sêre | bluote | | very | greatly | bleed |
4425 | vil | lûte | schrê | diu | guote | | very | loudly | cried (out) | the | good (one) |
| ouwê | lieber | herre | mîn | | oh | dear | Lord | (of) mine |
| solde | ich | ez | vür | iuch | sîn | | could | I | it | before | you | be |
4428 | jâ | wæne | ich | iuch | verlorn | hân | | oh | think | I | you | lost | have |
| vrouwe | iuch | triuget | iuwer | wân | | Lady | you | deceives | your | belief |
| sprach | der | unverzagete | man | | replied | the | undaunted | man |
4431 | wan | dâ | verlür | ich | mêre | an | | for | _ | would (have to) lose | I | (even) more | there from |
| vil | wol | bewârte | er | ir | daz | | very | well | proved | he | (to) her | that |
| ein | wênic | trat | er | vürbaz | | a | litte | stepped | he | forward |
4434 | niht | langer | er | im | vertruoc | | no | longer | he | (from) him | endured (blows) |
| ûf | den | helm | er | in | sluoc | | on | (his) | helmet | he | him | struck |
| daz | der | wênige | man | | (so) that | the | little | man |
4437 | dâ | durch | ein | wunden | gewan | | _ | thereby | a | wound | became |
| und | daz | er | vor | im | gelac | | and | that | he | before | him | lay |
| Êrec | fil | de | roi | Lac | | Erec | fil | de | roi | Lac |
4440 | hâte | nâch | missetân | | _ | almost | did wrong |
| wan | er | wolde | in | erslagen | hân | | for | he | would | him | killed | have |
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