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 that the chief of song ; after that there is no fixed place for any one in the hall. All the royal issue, the freemen, and the collectors of the geld (kyllituffon) are to be in the lodging of the edling. The king is to provide the edling with the whole of his expenditure honourably. The lodging of the edling and the youths with him is the hall; and the woodman is to kindle the fire for him and to close the doors after he is gone to sleep. The edling is to have a sufficiency at his repast without measure. In the three principal festivals a privileged bonheddig sits on the left of the king ; on his right side, every one as he may will. A privileged protection pertains to every officer ; and to others also. Whoever shall resort to the protection of a queen is to be conducted beyond the boundary of the gwlad without pursuit and without obstruction. The protection of the chief of the household conducts the person beyond the boundary of the cymwd. The protection of a priest of the household is to conduct the person to the nearest church. The protection of the steward saves a person from the time he shall stand in the service of the king until the last person goes from the court