Iwein | swaz | er | sîn | beruorte | | wherever | he | (on) him | touched |
5385 | vor | im | gewan | vrou | Lûnete | | from | him | gained | Lady | Lunete |
| vride | von | des | lewen | bete | | peace | from | the | lion's | command |
| diu | bete | was | niuwan | der | tôt | | the | command | was | nothing less than | (his) | death |
5388 | des | vreut | sî | sich | des | gie | ir | nôt | | (at) this | was pleased | she | _ | (of) this | (there) was | (for) her | cause |
| hie | lac | der | truhsæze | | here | lay (dead) | the | seneschal |
| nû | wart | der | lewe | ræze | | now | became | the | lion | ferocious |
5391 | ze | sînen | kampfgenôzen | | (over) against | his | battle comrades |
| die | manegen | slac | grôzen | | who | many | blows | hard |
| heten | enpfangen | und | gegeben | | had | received | and | dealt |
5394 | werten | sî | nû | wol | daz | leben | | defended | they | now | indeed | (their) | lives |
| daz | was | in | guot | vür | den | tôt | | this | was | (for) them | good | against | _ | death |
| wand | sî | bestuont | nû | michel | nôt | | for | they | faced | now | great | peril |
5397 | nû | wâren | zwêne | wider | zwein | | now | (there) were | two | against | two |
| wand | ez- | -n | mohte | her | Îwein | | for | _ | _ | could | Sir | Iwein |
| den | lewen | niht | vertrîben | | the | lion | not | drive away |
5400 | dô | liez | er- | -z | ouch | belîben | | then | let | he | it | also | stay |
| er | hete | sîner | helfe | wol | enborn | | he | could have | his | help | well (enough) | foregone |
| und | lie | ez | ouch | ân | grôzen | zorn | | and | permitted | it | also | without | great | anger |
5403 | daz | er | in | sîne | helfe | spranc | | that | he | (to) him | (in) | help | leaped |
| er- | -n | sagte- | -s | im | danc | noch | undanc | | he | _ | said | (of) it | (to) him | (neither) thanks | nor | 'no thanks' |
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