"Hégómi"(He-gender) is what you english call fancy [that is no lie].
"Vildi svâ hverr sitja ok standa sem hann (Hrafkell) vildi. "
Each would then sit and stand as he (Hrafnkell) would. (each to sit
and stand: to be understood)
"Engi náði með frjálsu að sitja, nema Hrafnkel bæði orlofs."
Nobody reached that point [obtained] to sit freely, except begging of
Höskuld's permission / except he begged Höskuld permission.
Sitja [sit] stað [place]: to reside, inhabit as a residence.