Fór-stapan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fór-stapan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
he -stæpþ;
- 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.