Hand-hæbbende

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hand-hæbbende

part. Having [stolen property] in one's hand [cf under hand the phrase æt hæbbendre handa] :-- Sit handhabenda, sit non handhabenda whether the thief be taken with the stolen property upon him or not, L. Eth. iii. 6; Th. i. 218, 32. hand-hæbbende