prep. orig. ó+ataa, atá (3 s. pres. of subst. vb.)
`
from [where] is
' =
from
; used
to indicate the nearer limit of a space (series, etc.), always
folld. by a complementary prep. or prep. phrase (co, corrici)
with the further limit. O. Ir. Glosses offer no evidence regarding the case taken by the prep.; dat., accus. and possibly nom. all appear in later texts; see
Bechbretha 100
. Obsolete by end of Mid.Ir. period.
huatha `ipse' conrici `sapit' (= from where `ipse' stands to
`sapit'),
Ml. 114a17
.
hothá `beatus uir' usque `non sic',
15c2
;
cf.
Wb. 15a22
(óthá).
otha `beatus' corrici `domine',
Mon. Tall. § 31.
Cf.
Hib. Min. 4.121
;
12.389
.
ótha crích Drommo
Nit cu glais Tamlachtae,
Thes. ii 238.8
(
Ardm. 17a2
). adám
[= óthám] berrad com bonnaib from my head to my feet,
TBC-LL¹
4710
.
oda [= óthá a] berrad coa bonnaib,
4736
= o a
bearradh, St. ótá in corthair airtheraig . . . co airther tiri T.,
LL 232a34
, cf.
43
(
TTr. 1112
,
1118
).
ótha muru na Trói corici
scuru na nGréc,
TTr. 1045.
otha Beneuento gusin Róimh,
Fl. Earls 246.8
.
trícha ríg . . . óthá Lugaid co Diármait,
RC
xvi 411 y
.
cech rig dib ato Fhorann Cingcris co Forann
Nectenipus,
LB 119b27
.