Spere-healf

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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spere-healf

The male side or line (in speaking of inheritance. Cf. swert-, gér-máge, Grmm. R. A. 470) :-- Mín yldra fæder hæfde gecweden his land on ða sperehealfe, næs on ða spinlhealfe, Chart. Th. 491, 20. [Cf. spera-hand in Richthofen O. Frs. Dict.] Cf. wǽpned-healf, -hand. spere-healf