Wíf-hand
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wíf-hand
According to the Old English Dictionary:
a;
- wíf-hand
- f. The female side, female line :-- Mín yldra fæder hæfde gecweden his land on ða sperehealfe, næs on ða spinlhealfe; ðonne gif ic gesealde ǽnigre wífhanda ðæt hé gestrýnde, ðonne forgyldan míne mágas . . . for ðon ic cweðe ðæt hí hit gyldan, for ðon hý fóð tó mínum ðe ic syllan mót swá wífhanda swá wǽpnedhanda swáðer ic wylle, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 116, 16-24.