v
subj. 2 and 3 s. (*to-fo-reth-, see O'Brien,
Ériu xi 159
,
GOI 375
, Binchy,
Celtica iv 296
)
help, succour
relieve
. Most freq. as ipv. Liable to be confused with subj.
of do-airicc, q.v.
donfair (.i. done ar toridin) co claidiub
thened . . . don chath fri íalla ciara,
Hy. v 91
.
falnathar ar
Meidb. donfāir morchobair,
TBC-I¹ 1066
(do-airicc?).
fingal
mairg forṅdoirtither mairg dodafóir,
LL 346b50
. ?
torced
cobair co luath uadaib mata ocaib nech nostoire,
Lism. L.
2079
.
tonfōir, a Frōich, dichoscrad (sic leg.) dind ind ēigin fil
forn,
TBC-I¹ 742
.
dofoir a rí nime glais | an docairte tathar
(leg. docair tetathar?) lais,
TFrag. 60
. pl.
tomforid . . . ris in
sluag,
LL 126a8
. fut.
Adomnán ó I doforfoirfi a mnā,
Cáin Ad. 27
. Condit.
dofhiarfaigh da leagaibh ca dofoirfeadh é
what would relieve him,
Imr. Brain i 58.26
. ? Note also:
ailem
rí conicc gach dú | doforthé an brú dodonnoe,
AFM i 508
(for-tét?).
Vn. tóirithin.