Spere-hand
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - spere-hand
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- spere-hand
- the male side or line in speaking of inheritance :-- Ic cýþe mínan leófan hláforde þæt ic on mínan suna þæs landes þe ic tó þé geearnode æfter mínan dæge tó habbanne his dæg, and æfter his dæge tó syllanne þǽm þe him leófast seó, and þæt sió on þá sperehand, C. D. ii. 399, 5.