Before marriage, give permission briefly to accept daughter’s hand (6)
I believe the answer is:
needle
'hand' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'before marriage give permission briefly to accept daughter's' is the wordplay.
'before marriage' becomes 'nee' (nee may be written to show someone's name at birth).
'give permission' becomes 'let' (I've seen this in another clue).
'briefly' means to remove the last letter.
'to accept' indicates putting letters inside.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'nee'+'let'='neelet'
'neelet' with its last letter taken away is 'neele'.
'neele' placed around 'd' is 'NEEDLE'.
(Other definitions for needle that I've seen before include "Compass pointer" , "Persistently annoy" , "Long thin leaf of pine tree" , "Annoy, tantilise" , "pinnacle of rock" .)