Fór-beran

According to the Old English Dictionary:

fóre-beran;

fór-beran

p. -bær; pp. -boren [fór, fóre before; beran to bear] To fore-bear, to bear or carry before, to prefer; præferre:-- Ðæt ic fórbær rúme regulas and réðe mód geongra monna that I preferred the lax rules and rough minds of young men, Exon. 39 b; Th. 131, 22; Gú. 459. Ðætte nǽnig bisceop hine óðrum fórbere ut nullus episcŏpōrum se præfĕrat altĕri, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 10. for-beran