forelight

Etymology

From fore- + light.

forelight means A forward positioned or forward facing light, especially one used to guide, direct, or navigate; beacon; (by extension) a signal; indicator Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

A forward positioned or forward facing light, especially one used to guide, direct, or navigate; beacon; (by extension) a signal; indicator“Each miracle was a foretoken, and forelight, and firstfruit of the restoration of all creation. When he healed the sick, that cure was a forelight of the sickless state.”
Light emitted prior to or in anticipation of an event; a previous, former, or early light“The City, it seemed to her, knew it dimly, with a yearning faint as dawn's forelight, which grew stronger with each passing hour, inevitably.”