Fóre-stapan

Part of speech: he -stæpþ;

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1 fóre-stapan

p. ic, he -stóp, ðú -stópe, pl. -stópon; impert. -stape, -stæpe, pl. -stapaþ; pp. -stapen To step before, prevent, come or go before, precede; prægrĕdi, prævĕnīre, præīre, præcēdĕre :-- Forðan ðu fórestópe hine on blætsungum quŏniam prævēnisti eum in benedictiōnĭbus. Ps. Lamb. 20, 4. Arís eálá Drihten, fórestæpe oððe fórhrada hine exsurge Dŏmĭne, prævĕni eum, 16, 13. Ða ðe fórestópon hine þreádon, ðæt he súwode qui præībant, incrĕpābant eum, ut tăcēret, Lk. Bos. 18, 39. Fýr ætfóran him fórestæpþ ignis ante ipsam præcēdet, Ps. Lamb. 96, 3: Homl. Th. ii. 82, 18. Paulus fórestóp Stephanum Paul preceded Stephen, Homl. Th. ii. 82, 22. fore-stapan

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Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱᛖ-ᛋᛏᚪᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Lk.: Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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