Ge-stæppan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-stæppan

Add: p. stóp; pp. -stapen. I. of living creatures :-- For hwí gesteppe ic l gá ic quare incedo, Ps. L. 41, 10. Þá gestóp hé tó ánes wealles byge, Ors. 3, 9 ; S. 134, 19. Tó ðé gistepe ué ad te gradiamur. Rtl. 51, 9. I a. with cognate acc., to step a step, take a step :-- Ælc þǽra stæpa and fótlǽsta þe wé tó cyricean weard gestæppað, Wlfst. 302, 27. I b. where fót is subject :-- -Symble wæs drýge folde swá his fót gestóp, An. 1584. II. of inanimate objects :-- Se rodor þǽre eorþan on nánre ne mót neár þonne on óðre stówe gestæppan (cf. ðeáh se rodor þǽre eorþan náwer ne geneálǽce, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 22), Met. 20, 140. ge-stæppan