Prep. DO with 3 s.
m. and n. pron. to him, it
, hence
stereotyped with force of adv.
thither
(but often folld. by
words expressing the destination):
do .i. chuige; dho dhuit .i.
chuige duit,
O'Cl.
tiagait dó, conlotar issin less,
LU 11041
(
Imr. Brain i 56
).
lotar dó,
FB 66
.
lotar dó co tech Dare,
TBC-LL¹ 98
. Commonly with ellipse of vb. and followed by do
(rarely ré n-) and pers. pron. usually to express loosely motion
onwards or away (= Eng. off, away); the destination may or
may not be named: dó duit do tig, a L. off with thee home,
SCC § 20
.
do duit . . . il-longphort fer nErend,
TBC-LL¹ 1893
(=
colla,
TBC-I¹ 1523
).
dó duit-si connice,
TBC-LL¹ 1418
(erigh-si
cuice, v.l.).
tó duit-siu connici sain,
90
. to rouind duit-siu
on with thee before us,
1159
.
MR 178
. do damsa go Fíngin
away with me (bear me away) to F.,
TBC-LL¹ 4290
.
dó rūn co tech
Conaill,
LL 110a40
(
RC xiv 418
=
dó romaind,
422
).