help, Irish
fóir (vb. and n.), Early Irish
foriuth, I. help, Old Irish
don-fóir, to help us:
*vo-ret-; root
ret of
ruith,
run.
For force,
cf.
furtachd.
The Welsh gwared, release, Breton
goret, are of like elecents. Similarly
foirbheart (an Irish word really), assistance, is from
foir- and
beir.