Erec | und | als | si | in | gesâhen | | and | when | they | him | saw |
2425 | zuo | im | begunden | si | gâhen | | to | him | began | they | to go |
| ûf | vil | gewissen | sin | | with | (a) very | definite | purpose |
| der | ein | tjostierte | wider | in | | the | one | jousted | with | him |
2428 | den | selben | er | von | dem | rosse | stach | | the | same | he | from | (his) | horse | thrust |
| dem | andern | alsam | geschach | | to the | other | the same | happened |
| ir | rosse | er | niene | ruochte | | their | horses | he | never | bothered (with) |
2431 | wan | daz | er | vürbaz | suochte | | _ | instead | he | further | sought |
| ritterschefte | mêre | | knightly contests | more |
| dô | geviel | im | diu | êre | | there | fell | to him | the | honor |
2434 | diu | in | an | lobe | zierte | | which | him | with | praise | decorated |
| daz | er | vünfstunt | tjostierte | | that | he | five times | jousted |
| alsô | daz | nie | ritter | baz | | such | that | never | knight | better (was) |
2437 | zwô | genâde | vuocten | im | daz | | two | gifts | granted | him | this |
| sælde | und | grôze | werdekeit | | good fortune | and | great | ability |
| die | hâte | got | an | in | geleit | | these | had | God | to | him | given |
2440 | dise | tjost | hete | er | genomen | | these | jousts | had | he | undertaken |
| ê | ieman | wære | ze | velde | komen | | before | anyone | had | to | (the) field | come |
| wan | si | was | genuoc | vruo | | for | it | was | enough | early |
2443 | doch | riten | si | enmitten | zuo | | but (now) | rode | they | by that time | _ |
| von | ietwederem | teile | | from | every | side |
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