Forþ-steppan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-stæppan;

forþ-steppan

part, -stæppende: p. -stepede = -stepte? pp. -steped = -stept? To step or go forth, proceed; progrĕdi, prōdīre, procēdĕre :-- Of ansýne ðínre dóm mín forþsteppe de vultu tuo judĭcium meum prōdeat, Ps. Lamb. 16, 2. He is swá swá brýdguma forþstæppende of brýdbúre his ipse est tamquam sponsus procēdens de thălămo suo, Ps. Lamb. 18, 6: Homl. Th. ii. 90, 11. Ða þing ðe forþsteppaþ [MS. forþstappaþ] of mínum welerum quæ procēdunt de lăbiis meis, Ps. Lamb. 88, 35. forþ-steppan