Erec| | hie | huop | sich | herzeminne | | here | began | _ | (a) love affair |
| 9107 | nâch | starkem | gewinne | | with | high | stakes |
| | si | minneten | sunder | bette | | they | made love | without | (a) bed |
| | diu | minne | stuont | ze | wette | | _ | love | stood | as | (the) bet |
| 9110 | sweder | nider | gelæge | | whoever | _ | lay down |
| | dem | wart | der | tôt | wæge | | (over) him | would be | _ | death | trump |
| | mit | scheften | si | sich | kusten | | with | shafts | they | (one another) | kissed |
| 9113 | durch | schilte | zuo | den | brusten | | through | shields | to | the | breast |
| | mit | selher | minnekrefte | | with | such | power of love |
| | daz | die | eschînen | schefte | | that | the | ash | shafts |
| 9116 | kleine | unz | an | die | hant | zekluben | | (into) small (pieces) | (down) | to | (their) | hands | splintered |
| | und | daz | die | spiltern | ûfe | stuben | | and | that | the | splinters | _ | flew like dust |
| | mit | der | manne | laste | | under | the | men's | weight |
| 9119 | kâmen | diu | ros | sô | vaste | | came | the | horses | so | fiercly |
| | zesamene | gestôzen | | _ | charging together |
| | daz | den | kamphgenôzen | | that | (for) the | combatants |
| 9122 | wurden | ir | houbet | | were | their | heads |
| | vil | sêre | betoubet | | very | greatly | stunned |
| | und | daz | diu | ros | gelîche | | and | that | the | horses | in the same manner |
| 9125 | an | daz | ertrîche | | onto | the | ground |
| | hinder | sich | gesâzen | | behind | themselves | sat |
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