(for etym. see
RC xxxii 195
) adj. and subst.
good
; an
O.-Ir. word, in later lang. confined to poetic and archaizing
style : fó .i. maith, O'Cl.,
Lec. Gl. 154
, bonum
O'Mulc. 547
.
fó ainm do mhaith is do mhíadh,
Metr. Gl., Ff. 4
. As pred. :
fó díbad (.i. maith a epiltiu),
LU 678
(
ACC 31
). ma dagnet
ní airi is fó it is well
Mon. Tall. § 2
.
fó cach scél,
RC xxvi
34.172
.
fó (.i. maith) mo cherd láechdachta,
LU 6169
.
fó mo cosc,
Ériu i 118.11
. Cf.
in tan ba fó fīrUlltaig,
MR
200.5
.
sech ba fial ba fíu ba fó,
LL 35a21
=
Rawl. 84a7
. nī fó
LU 3947
(
SCC 44
).
ní fó an fecht dochuadhais,
ZCP xiii 172.20
.
Cf. gé iarradh neach ní budh mō, | urdail frighedh nī fō fair
it is not right to add to it (?)
vii 302z
(=
fó,
YBL 318b26
).
Michiae, ba fó fia,
SR 7455
.
maith fer Patraic ... fó fer
Patraic,
Trip. 242.24
(
Trip.² 2874
).
maith fer Macc Cecht,
fó fer Macc Cecht,
BDD 157
.
fil fora chend cid fó
fer | ... tri foilt,
LU 3822
(
SCC 37
).
fo fo cech scel (.i. is maith
is maith cach scel),
Rawl. 110b12
(=
RC xxvi 34
). fo bioath
(= biad) indso `good food this'
RC xii 86
. fó Dei (gl. bonus
Deus)
Auraic. 3341
. fo dia, a Feidlimid!
hail!
Hib. Min.
66.3
.
fodia .i. fo ┐ dies .i. fó láe,
O'Mulc. 590
. fó líth .i.
sén maith `good luck' O'Cl.
is fólíth linn in scéul sin,
IT
i 128.11
.
do A. nirb fo lith,
SR 6189
.
nír fó líth | liṅges
Ír sech Íth,
LL 12b25
.
fō mind,
ZCP xi 109 § 12
. fó sén
dia ngaib O. Alpain it was a lucky hour when O. took possession
of Alba
IT iii 33 § 7
(
Bruchst. i § 4
).
ní fó sén i tancas din
tochmarc-sa,
TFerbe 95
.
fó húar mad mé foglesed,
Ériu
ii 63 § 1
. IS FÓ LIMM I deem good, like, am satisfied (with
),
folld. by subst. or clause : fo lib lige a ai (.i. is maith lib ...)
LU 1065
(
ACC 106
).
ba fo leo in frithi,
Aen. 360
. is fo lium
cia rafesid (gl. non volumus ignorare vos)
Wb. 14b20
.
fó
(.i. maith) leó rodascload nech,
Hy v 53
.
bid fó lim donísed
comartha n-úait,
LU 5402
.
ni head condaigimm ... ; fó
liumm cé notísad de,
MacCongl. 21.25
.
ba maith dano limsa ...
acht bith fó lat so,
ZCP viii 310.18
. Sometimes equiv. to
is cumma limm
I care not, am indifferent: is fo limsa mu
laiget my smallness does not trouble me
ZCP vii 297
(quoted
by O'Cl. under fó .i. cuma). fó limsa ón ... cia théis I don't
mind if he go
LU 5554
. fó limsa ón ... case [ = cibē St]
chruth i mbet,
TBC-LL¹ 447
(=
cumma lem,
LU 4654
).
fo leis
gid no rissed ┐ ba fo leis gin co rissed,
2190
(= cuma les St).
ba fo laiss cidh ár noláthe for a muintir, acht ... he cared not
... so long as ...
CCath. 3730
.
bá fó leis a bádhadh féin acht
co mbáidhedh a námhait leis,
2155
. IS FÓ DOM
it is good (no
harm) for me:
cid as fó dam ?,
Tec. Corm. § 12
. fó duit-siu
gid dia mbendaib nochingthe you might safely step
TBC-LL¹ 1346
= is cuma duit cid ... chinge St.
fó dúib fatchius,
504
. fo duit
cia nocotailtea it would be well for thee to sleep
Laws i 72.21
Comm.
Rarely attrib. :
funchi fó,
LU 3054
.
fiada fó,
LL 278a33
(
Ériu i 68
: `the good God'). ?
fri ferccai fōa 'fine warriors', BDC 144.632
.
As adv. (?) :
snigfid fairne [ferna v.l.] fer ga fó,
TBC-LL¹ 539
(co fo. go fó v.l.). Compar.
ca soithech fithir is fo ? (.i. ca
hadbhur oide is ferr),
ZCP v 488 § 7
(B. na f.).
As subst. : n. and m. fó n-olc (gl. bonum malum)
ZCP
vii 480
(
Enchir. Aug. 71a
). is e a fó in fó thall his good is the
good yonder (i.e. Heaven)
Goid. 94
. ?
cáin cach fó,
RC xxvi
34
(fou v.l.).
cach fó dó ... co ndá (.i. co tuca ... gach maith
dó),
ZCP v 489 § 13
(B. na f.).
nach fō rocólae ┐ nach maith
atcondairc,
iii 452.12
. Eo Rosa ... fó foirne the good of a
multitude (?)
LL 200a3
. Cf.
is tir hi fuil fó,
LU 3058
.
The follg. may contain the gen.:
fói leis cía nobeth inti,
fói leis cenco beith,
TTr.² 1235
( =
foi ... foi,
LL 406b51
).
is faoi leis an bhfear ... gion go ndéine inn d'ionnlach | sinn
dá chēile coimhdhiomdhach = he is content GF,
Ir. Monthly
1919, 568
(
DDána 101.48
).
Compds. Possibly the follg. (if not compds. of the prep.
fo): co Feradach Finn Fechtnach fobéo [fobeu v.l.] of
happy life (?)
ZCP xi 91 § 3
(the corresp. section in A has
F.F.F. Fo buan ib.
80
). Ogam focosach `well-footed' [?]
(a kind of Ogham in which the strokes were dotted)
Auraic.
6062
. Cf. also:
dedol ... .i. dā fhōthadáil. dá dagthodail
do dhía,
Thr. Ir. Gl. 15
.