[54] i. p. 271.
[55] i. p. 565.
[56] English Village Community, c. ix.
[57] For details and references to the Codes I must refer the reader to Chap. V. of The Tribal System in Wales.
[59] In the quotation of passages from Beowulf I have mostly followed Professor Earle’s translations.
[60] See Structure of Greek Tribal Society, by H. E. Seebohm, chap. ii.
[61] Nefan cannot mean son or grandson, for Hygelac was his father and his grandfather was Hrethel.
[62] The references in this chapter are to the four volumes of The Ancient Laws of Ireland. I regret very much not to have had the advantage of vol. v. edited by Dr. Atkinson and not yet published, but I am greatly indebted to him for his kind help and advice on many difficult points.
[63] iv. p. 259. This passage is abridged.