Hand-brǽd

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-bréd, e;

hand-brǽd

f. A hand's breadth :-- Handbréd vel span palmus, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 70, 127; Wrt. Voc. 43, 52. [Chauc. an hande brede, hondbrede: Prompt. Parv. hands brede palmus: cf. Ger. handbreit, adj.] hand-bræd