Fór-stapan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fór-stapan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: he -stæpþ; Related words: fóre-stapan. for-stapan

Definitions

1 fór-stapan

p. -stóp, pl. -stópon; pp. -stapen To stop orgo before, precede; præcēdĕre :-- Fýr ætfóran him fórstæpþ [Lamb. fórestæpþ] ignis ante ipsum præcēdet, Ps. Spl. 96, 3.

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᛋᛏᚪᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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