Erec | daz | er | aller | zevüere | | (so) that | he | (of) everything | would be deprived |
9281 | nû | hete | ouch | ze | sînem | gevüere | | now | had | however | to | his | advantage |
| Êrec | in | sîner | kintheit | | Erec | in | his | youth |
| ze | Engellande | sam | man | seit | | in | England | so | one | says |
9284 | vil | wol | gelernet | ringen | | very | well | learned | to wrestle |
| ze | andern | behenden | dingen | | among | other | useful | skills |
| ouch | half | in | daz | man | îsengewant | | also | helped | him | that | one | armor |
9287 | vil | müelîchen | mit | der | hant | | (with) great | difficulty | with | (one's) | hand |
| an | dem | manne | mac | begrîfen | | on(to) | (a) | man | can | grasp |
| des | begunde | er | im | entslîfen | | therefore | _ | he | (from) him | slipped away |
9290 | daz | wille | sîn | niht | ergie | | (so) that | intent | his | not | could happen |
| vor | in | die | gürtel | er | in | vie | | _ | him | (by his) | belt | he | him | grasped on front of |
| unden | er | sich | von | im | bôt | | under(neath) | he | himself | from | him | bent |
9293 | dô | was | dem | andern | dar | zuo | nôt | | there | was (created) | (for) the | other one | _ | thereby | (the) need |
| daz | er | in | zuo | im | vienge | | that | he | him | to | himself | pull (up) |
| doch | des | niht | ergienge | | however | of this | nothing | happened |
9296 | Êrec | sîn | kraft | erzeicte | | Erec | his | strength | showed |
| als | sich | jener | neicte | | when | _ | the other | bent (over) |
| dô | sazte | er | sîn | ahselbein | | then | set | he | his | shoulder |
9299 | daz | ez | an | jenes | brüsten | schein | | (so) that | it | against | the other's | chest | stood |
| sô | daz | er | in | niht | zuo | im | liez | | so | that | he | him | not | to | him | would let |
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