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Do, v. [ME. doo, do(n, OE. dón (ONhb. dóa, dóe), p.t. dyde, dede, p.p. ᵹedón.]

A. Illustration of forms.

1. Inf. and Pres. do, doe; dw, du(e; dow, dou(e. (See also Dude.)(a) a 1350 Facs. Nat. MSS. II. xix.
Do away 1375 Barb. i. 586.
Quhat is to do 1385 Rotuli Sc. II. 73/1.
To do and tak full radresse 1456 Hay I. 192/33.
I do bot my dett a1500 Rauf C. 165.
Do as I bid thé 1499 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 77.
To do … thair lawbouris thairintill a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 334.
Do thou nocht thus, … thou salbe brynt 1530 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 30.
We do ȝou to wit 1535 Stewart 53865.
Quhat do ȝe now? 1562-3 Winȝet II. 67/4.
Quhat sal he do to … men? 1570 Leslie 166.
Sic thingis as he went about to doo 15.. Clar. iii. 875.
Ȝour cloathes doe away a1585 Maitl. Q. xxx. 138.
I doe knaw of gud wemen fiftein(b) 1533 Gau 8/17.
We ma notht dw the thyng quhilk we suld dw Ib. 8/22.
Quhat thay suld du 1561 Fam. Rose 235.
We dowt nocht bot ye will dw 1666 Aberd. B. Rec. 231.
What they due therin(c) 1500 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 83.
Gif he dow, he sall pay ane … taxt 1554 Holyrood Chart. 294.
To dow … dywine seruice 1638 Hamilton P. 4.
I sheu the pouer your Ma[jes]ti had to dou it 1663 Wemyss Corr. 110.
I doue asheuer your Lordship

b. Inflected pres. dois, doys, doyis, does; dis; doith.(a) 1375 Barb. vi. 342.
Cowardis dois na thing swa Ib. xi. 643.
Giff he weill dois Ib. xvi. 620.
Now dois weill a1400 Leg. S. xviii. 1431.
As men doys to body dede 1398 Acts I. 211/1.
That he doys nocht his office 1420 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 384.
Quhat thyng the forsayd … doyis a1500 Rauf C. 86.
How that thow dois Ib. 193.
Schir, dois glaidlie 1493 Lennox Mun. 147.
All … our saidis commissaris … doys c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxii. 39.
I fane wald leif as vderis dois 1513 Doug. ii. vii. 124.
Heir I Drawis ȝow to witnes, and doys testify 1560 Rolland Seven S. 989.
How dois ȝour self? a1585 Maitl. Q. lxvi. 135.
Thow dois cleirlie sie 1626 Garden Worthies 27.
Wee by tradition does't 1677 Stirlings of Keir 513.
So dis your … humble servant(b) c1552 Lynd. Mon. 5118.
Sum doith distroy thame self c1568 Lauder Minor P. iv. 26.
Neather virtew nor wit … Doith proffeit thame

c. Pres. pple. doand(e, doeand; dowande, -ane; doyng, doing; dowing; dwyng; dweng.(a) 1375 Barb. iii. 585.
All war doand, knycht and knawe 1392 Lennox Mun. 47.
Doande … the avcht customyt seruys c1420 Wynt. v. 2284.
In kyrkys doand thare service 1456 Hay I. 185/28.
[To] pas throu a contree but grete scathe doand 1491 Ayr Friars Pr. Chart. 62.
Doand thair besy cure 1513 Doug. xii. viii. 26.
Doand the cairfull husbandis understand [etc.] 1551 Hamilton Cat. 23.
Ouir oft doand evil deidis 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 65.
I … doand my leasome errandis and busines 1600 Misc. Bann. C. I. 156.
Gif the rycht hand wist what the left hand was doeand 1609 Crim. Trials III. 42.
Quhat ar ȝe doand heir?(b) a1400 Leg. S. xii. 171.
As he wes beste dowande Ib. l. 120.
Dowand thare deit. 1474 Peebles B. Rec. 172.
He dowande and makand sic dew seruis 1557 Inverness B. Rec. I. 14.
Tha dowane thair office(c) c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlviii. 56.
Doing all sable fro the hevynnis chace 1509 Lennox Mun. 189.
Dwyng for me, my … cyn and frendis [etc.] 1531 Bell. Boece I. 208.
Doyng iustice to his subdittis 1562-3 Winȝet II. 8/5.
Sa doing, thai had win the cause 1564 Inverness B. Rec. I. 117.
Quha beys conuict in dowyng the contrar

d. Inflected inf. don, done. a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 324.
I rede we cast ws betuene How best is to done c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 159.
Full sore thay dred to done a violence 1535 Stewart 61.
I traist … his grace sall don rycht weill a1568 Bann. MS. 158 b/67.
He … lyis still … as he had nocht to done 1570 Sat. P. xxi. 25.
That dolorous deid had bene to done

2. Past t. dyde, dide; dyd, did, didde; ded(e, deid; doid.(a) a1400 Leg. S. i. 398.
The falshed that Symon dyde Ib. xxxvii. 339.
As Dacyane dewisit thai dide c1420 Wynt. ii. 985.
He dyde vylny thare agane Ib. iv. 1644.
Wyth mare dowt … na thai dide c1475 Wall. i. 303.
He … Dide him to witt Ib. iv. 104.
And so he dyde c 1525 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. 389.
Quhateuir my lord … dyde(b) 1375 Barb. iv. 117.
He … heych vpon a mow it did a1400 Leg. S. vi. 524.
Sere ferlyis that Thomas dyd c1420 Wynt. v. 16.
Thai dyd hym that honowre c1475 Wall. i. 158.
He … did mony hie waslage 1513 Doug. iii. viii. 139.
The smoke … that oft dyd rys 1531 Bell. Boece I. 126.
To beir witnes quhay didde maist vassalage c1552 Lynd. Mon. 226.
I did neuer sleip on Pernaso 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 105.
To sie how hir husband did(c) a1400 Leg. S. Prol. 86.
How the Iouys ded vith hyme Ib. xl. 944.
A wikit man that gret myse dede 1439 Edinb. Chart. 65.
Payand … swylk lyke annuales as thai dede 1466 Peebles B. Rec. 155.
Geif the seriandis deid nocht thair office 1562 Prot. Bk. G. Grote 48.
Quhat deid he sa lait vp(d) 1564 Peebles B. Rec. 298.
As thai doid [elect] his fader affor Ib. 299.
Better … nor he doid affor tyme

3. Past pple. done, don(ne, doone, doen; dune, dwne, dwyne, dwin; downe, down(ne, dowin, doun(e, dounne; doyn(e, doin; deun.(a) 1375 Barb. i. 347.
His fadyr wes done to ded 1405 James of Douglas Letter to Henry IV in Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 59.
All attemptatis done of aythir syde c1420 Wynt. iv. 2114.
He … othir weid has on hym done 1439 Edinb. Chart. 64.
Quhat thingis … the saide Schir Robert … ledis to be done 1457 Peebles B. Rec. 122.
Qwen the curt was don 1480 Acta Conc. 74/2.
The vsurpacion … done in the takin vp of the malis 1509 Lennox Mun. 189.
For … wderys gud caws to be done to me 1535 Stewart 46834.
Thair richtis … on arbetrie wes done c1552 Lynd. Mon. 662.
Ilk man do as he wald be done to 15.. Clar. iii. 687.
When this was donne 1583 Reg. Morton I. 137.
In respect of ȝour seruice don 1618-60 Lithgow Poet. Rem. 92.
It were well done [: tune] 1636 Dundonald Par. Rec. 408.
The quhilk day nothing was doone 1660 Johnston Diary 123.
Vryt … quhat ye vold have doen(b) 1385 Red Bk. Grandtully I. 139*.
Al thynge … ordaynyt and dune 1539 Prot. Bk. T. Johnsoun 35.
His barnis … mycht have dune gret proffit 1549 Compl. 66/27.
Quhen this dansing vas dune 1584 Gray Lett. 12.
He cowld nocht a dune yt so well 1596 Highland P. I. 183.
We had dune our turns 1639 Misc. Hist. Soc. I. 109.
What I desire of yow to be dune — 1594 Colville Lett. 262.
Al this [that] is deun against them(c) c1420 Wynt. v. 5084.
Quhen all the lave till it is dwne Ib. viii. 3991.
Qwhen thus his folk war dwyne doun a 1470 Liber Aberbr. 108.
Sic wrangis dwne to the haly place 1533 Gau 102/2.
That haid beyn prid … and schw haid dwne swa 1544 Corr. M. Lorraine 110.
Nathing is dwyne 1568 Reg. Morton I. 38.
That thair suld be na thing dwin(d) a1400 Leg. S. i. 202.
As he sad hyme, he has downe 1394 Liber Aberbr. 43.
Down and gyffyn the year befor nemmyt c1420 Wynt. v. 4543.
Quhen this was downe 1422 Stirlings of Keir 208.
For his … gud merytis to me … downe 1482 Bk. Carlaverock II. 440.
This was downe in the presens of ane nobil … lord 1505 Dunferm. B. Rec. 151.
Quhilk was downne in wisag of the hail court 1549 Buccleuch Mun. II. 191.
For his serues dowin to ws 1557 Inverness B. Rec. I. 10.
In beleif he had downe the samin 1615 Urie Baron Ct. 15.
Ony skathe alledgit downe to the stuf(e) 1423 15th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. viii. 33.
Quhat thyng so euer the saydis … ledis to be doun a1500 Doug. K. Hart 456.
That wald I fayne war doun 1521 Dunferm. B. Rec. 174.
This dovnne the said Gavin sall haf licens 1545 Reg. Cupar A. II. 37.
For … gratuitis and thankis doun to ws 1558-66 Knox I. 147.
As bald men wald haif doune 1596 Dalr. I. 221/30.
Was doune throuch thair labouris 1649 Wemyss Chart. 231.
Quhaitt sall bei doune with my bodei clothes(f) 1375 Barb. iii. 281.
Hym thocht he had doyne rycht nocht Ib. vi. 650.
His fostir brothir … The fift has out of dawis doyn 1431 Buccleuch Mun. II. 29.
As hayfis beyn doyn … in tym gayn by c1420 Ratis R. 1718.
He wist richt nocht quhat suld be doin c1475 Wall. xi. 1348.
Na thing he had at suld haiff doyn him gud 1491 Dunferm. B. Rec. 37.
For hys gud seruice doyne and for to be doyne 1526 Lennox Mun. 227.
As we had doyn … in our plane parliament 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 8.
Al other thyngis … to be doin as … tyme occurris 1577 Prot. Bk. J. Scott 38.
Ay and quhill the beir seid be doin 1619 Elgin B. Rec. II. 161.
Scho sall … confess hir falt doyne to Hew Sutherland

B. Illustration of senses.

1. tr. To perform (a specified act or deed).For further examples see also the nouns cure, dede, det, devoir(e, dewité, office, service.(a) 1405 James of Douglas Letter to Henry IV in Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 59.
The great attemptatis that yhour men dois agayn the trewis c1420 Wynt. v. 1721.
Mony byschapys … Oysyd ilke yhere to do thare Pasce As than the Iowys maner was 1456 Hay I. 101/20.
To have rycht and resoun of him that dois wrang c1475 Wall. x. 473.
The Bruce askyt, ‘Wilt thow do my dewys?’ 1499 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 77.
To do and execute thair lawbouris thairintill 1513 Doug. xii. Prol. 292.
Behaldis how I beynge, and do reuerens 1551 Hamilton Cat. 23.
How vile … hes thow made thi self, ouir oft doand evil deidis 1562-3 Winȝet I. 104/21.
Except ȝe do repentance, ȝe sall all periss a1585 James VI Maitl. Q. lxvii. 3.
Thocht vnrevelit can doe na ill(b) a1400 Leg. S. i. 398.
Petir … vndide al the falshed that Symon dyde Ib. vi. 524.
Quhen scho sene had sere ferlyis That Thomas dyd c1420 Wynt. ii. 985.
He dyde vylny thare agayne Ib. v. 4535.
For he dyd noucht the sacrament Wyth detfull wordys c1420 Ratis R. 1505.
As scharp rasour thow dyd ill slycht c1475 Wall. i. 158.
He … In armys syne did mony hie waslage(c) c1420 Wynt. v. 922.
Quhill … mes and offerand ware all downe Ib. 3824.
The pennans that yhe wald war dwne 1455 Edinb. Chart. 79.
We promit that thare sal be ane obit yherely done for him a1500 Rauf C. 585.
Hes thow my bidding done, as I thé command? c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxviii. 1.
Done is a battell on the dragon blak 1549 Compl. 3/28.
The verteouse verkis dune be ȝour antecessouris 1596 Highland P. I. 183.
We had dune our turns in tyme against Calder

b. With indefinite object, as it, that, quhat, ocht, nocht, all, thing(is, etc.(a) 1375 Barb. i. 586.
For God wate weill quhat is to do a1400 Leg. S. i. 576.
Quhy cesis thou That thu begouth to do richt now? 1420 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 384.
Haffand ferme and stabyle quhat thyng the forsayd … doyis c1450-2 Howlat 59.
I dare do nocht on the day, but droupe as a doule c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 5/2.
All he dois for thi decepcioun c1500-c1512 Dunb. xx. 47.
Quho so dois this, sicker I ȝow asseure [etc.] c1530-40 Stewart Maitl. F. lxxxi. 54.
Thair is ane king of kingis … Quhilk … May do and vndo all kin thingis a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. lxxxviii. 33.
Do quhat ȝe dow, detractouris ay will deme ȝou(b) a1400 Leg. S. xxv. 633.
Quhar has thu ben? quhat is done? 1385 Red Bk. Grandtully I. 139*.
Qwhen that wes done, I ordaynyt [etc.] c1420 Wynt. iii. 18.
Off Goddys wyll … Is all done that I suffer nowe Ib. vii. 1909.
Efftyre that this all thus wes dwne 1493 Lennox Mun. 147.
All [that] … our saidis commissaris … doys or ledis to be doyn 1515 Douglas Corr. 69.
And ocht hes beyne doyne by hys wrytyngis … [that it] be reversyt agane 15.. Clar. ii. 1413.
Seing that everie thing was donne aricht c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 1028.
That salbe done, quod thay, my ladie 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 31.
To reprove all that sould be done in that conventioun

c. In past pple. Performed completely; brought to an end; finished. To have done, to be finished.(1) a1400 Leg. S. xvii. 207.
Quhen the fyrst collet wes done c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1.
When this counsell was done c1420 Wynt. vi. 588.
Be slawchtyr wes hys dayis dwne Ib. 709.
Quhen Gregorys dayis ware all dwne ?1438 Alex. i. 3263.
Gif that thow deis, … The flour is done of all my micht 1457 Peebles B. Rec. 122.
Qwen the curt was don, the balȝeis … gayf sessyng [etc.] a1500 Rauf C. 283.
Quhill thir wickit wedderis be done, I rid nocht ȝe fair Ib. 573. a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 274.
Scottis lordis chiftanes he gart hald … In firmance fast quhill all the feild wes done 1549 Compl. 66/27.
Quhen this dansing vas dune 1570 Leslie 42.
The Parliament beinge done, the Lord of the Ylis returnit into his awin cuntrey(2) 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. i. 601.
Haue done (quod scho), Schir Varius, alswyith c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 421.
I drup with a ded luke … As with manis daill I had done for dayis of my lif 1540 Lynd. Sat. 3082.
Or he had done, he spendit half ane bow a1500 Peblis to Play 94.
Ane spak with wourdis wonder crous: A done with ane mischance! a1568 Bann. MS. 138 a/78.
Quhen ȝe haif done, tak hame the brok

d. To administer (law or justice); to exert (power, etc.). a1400 Leg. S. iii. 193.
Than hapnit eftir that To do law the juge sat c1460 Thewis Wysmen 126.
Thar god thai dreid … , And euer is redy to do the law c1475 Wall. ix. 1286.
To bruk that land thai did power and will 1531 Bell. Boece I. 208.
He past throw his realme … doyng iustice to his subdittis a1570-86 Maitl. F. cviii. 46.
That … sic iustice be done this kynrik throw

2. Const. to (the person or thing affected by the act performed) or with dative.(a) 1375 Barb. iii. 564.
To rehers thar auld disese Dois thaim oft-sys confort and ese c1400 Troy-bk. i. 71.
Leamedone … Me think dois till ws grete iniure 1456 Hay I. 225/15.
Sen the fader dois to the sone it that he aw to do a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 444.
I sall preif all my pane to do hym plesance a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 310.
Thow wes prestyt … For to be borne to do thy kin defame 1530 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 115.
Gif the said Johne … dois ony harm to me 1562-3 Winȝet II. 67/4.
Quhat sal he do to sillie miserable men … ?(b) a1400 Leg. S. x. 106.
He vnhid the hill [= ill] That thai twa ded the peple till c1420 Wynt. v. 1450.
Antone … Alway to gud men dyd honoure c1500 Fyve Bestes 133.
To luke on him it did me sic delyte(c) a1400 Leg. S. vi. 666.
I shall revenge sone The wrange that to myn god is done c1420 Wynt. vi. 964.
He … qwyt thaim swa thare warysowne That wald have done hym this tresowne 1456 Hay I. 122/18.
That he sall never be quhare scathe is done to his lordis persone a 1470 Liber Aberbr. 108.
Deyn Richart Guthre … was nocht actiue … for remeid of sic vrangis dwne to the haly place 1491 Lennox Mun. 144.
As to the trobill don to ȝung Thomas of Maxuell 1523 Carnwath Baron Ct. 9 b.
The inqueist ordanit Vill Vatsoun to pay iij s. … for the skath vas fund doun to the hous c1550 Rolland C. Venus ii. 355.
The greit contemptioun To Venus done be his detractioun Id. Seven S. 1179.
Ane vnfaithfull man That I lippinnit na harme suld to me done a1570-86 Maitl. F. ci. 317.
O Lord, our syn hes done thé tene

3. a. To place or put in or on something, in a position or state; to set (with inf.).To do on brede, see Brede n.² 2 b. 1375 Barb. iv. 117.
He tuk a culter hat glowand … And heych vpon a mow it did a1400 Leg. S. i. 626.
He wald one the croise be done With hym Ib. xxxix. 194.
Thire bruthire thre That he in pressone gert done be c1400 Troy-bk. i. 484.
The mekle lychtys twa That God has in-to heuen done c1420 Wynt. v. 4948.
Put off, … leve swne, That clethyng on thi body dwne Ib. vi. 992.
The byschapryke off Reyns swne Fell vacand, in it than wes he dwne ?1438 Alex. ii. 2749.
Quhen that disconfort is in him done, He is shent and discumfit sone c1475 Wall. ii. 271.
His fostyr modyr … Did mylk to warme a1500 Rauf C. 368.
It is not my counsall … To do ȝow in his gentrise 1535 Stewart 7282.
Do as he wald, he did him in his will Ib. 46834.
Thair richtis bayth on arbetrie wes done

b. To consign or dispatch to a place or state; refl. to betake (oneself) to; to strike down. 1375 Barb. i. 347.
Then come tythandis … That his fadyr wes done to ded c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1456.
Anthenor … did him to the se c1420 Wynt. vii. 762.
Saynt Thomas Done to dede, and martyryd wes Ib. viii. 3991.
Qwhen thus his folk war dwyne down, The Erle Patryk than yhald the town 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. i. 500.
Deid, thé addres, and do me to my graue

c. To put away, from, of, or out of. (See also Daw n.¹) Do away or way, cease, desist.(1) 1375 Barb. v. 33.
He durst nocht do it [sc. the fire] away a1400 Leg. S. xxxvi. 253.
Godis awne lam … That of this warld dois awai syn c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 757.
Lyght That dyd awaye myrknes of nyght c1475 Wall. v. 979.
Do away, he said, tharoff as now no mar a1500 Rauf C. 434.
Do way, said Schir Rolland, me think thow art not wise c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 242.
Thay drank, and did away dule 1513 Doug. iii. ix. 46.
He at the last this dreid has done away 15.. Clar. iii. 875.
Ladar, scho said, ȝour cloathes doe away 1567 G. Ball. 163.
Sanctis … war thay leuand heir, wald say, Idolateris, do way, do way a1570-86 Maitl. F. liv. 13.
Do way, quod scho, ȝe duell to lang(2) c1420 Wynt. v. 5790.
Thare the fwnt wes halowyd swne, The duk fra hym hys clathys has dwne ?1438 Alex. ii. 2742.
With that, … his swerd hes he fra him done a1500 Rauf C. 930.
I do thé out of dispair, In all France is nane sa fair 15.. Clar. ii. 1225.
Clariodus … smartlie hes donne af his false visage

d. To give (one) to understand or wit. 1390 Acts I. 216/2.
It is done me til vndirstand that thare is a certane contract [etc.] c1475 Wall. i. 103.
This mychty persone … Dide him to witt the land was all on ster a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 811.
I forsaik noght to feght … I do thé weill for to wit 1513 Doug. xii. viii. 26.
Doand the cayrfull husbandis vnderstand The gret myscheif to cum 1530 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 30.
We do you to wit, forsamekill that [etc.] 1568 Calderwood II. 469.
I doe you to witt that one writtin copie therof … was now found [etc.] a1578 Pitsc. I. 231/2.
Doand him to wnderstand that he had allis manful men … in Scottland

e. To cause (to do something). ?1438 Alex. ii. 2479.
Quhat tua thingis dois ȝow to dre Sorrow and pane? Ib. 10649.
The maydinnis hes done Porrus Be brocht into chalmer Venus 15.. Clar. ii. 859.
Phebus … Doing the blossumes breke in the spray

f. With on. To refer or leave to (one) as a question or problem. a1500 Henr. Fab. 207.
Gif this wes gude fair, I do it on thame besyde Ib. 1221.
On clerkis I do it, gif this sentence wes leill

4. intr. In subordinate clauses introduced by as, that, etc. To act in the way specified in the preceding context.(a) 1375 Barb. xx. 553.
Wes neuir man that swa For laute bar hym till his fa As heir Fabricius dois till me a1400 Leg. S. xviii. 1431.
With erde thai cled hyre in that stede, As men doys to body dede c1420 Wynt. i. 854.
Styles waxis wytht the mowne And wanys agayne as dois the sune 1456 Hay I. 6/14.
The quhilk … schynit sa before all otheris … as dois a grete torch be a small litill candill Ib. 287/1.
To say … that he dauncis or syngis better na he dois 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I. 170.
Scho doand to the sade Alexander in al seruys and dewiteys as vther wald do c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxii. 39.
I … fane wald leif as vderis dois Ib. xlviii. 143.
Gife thow dois, hurt is thyne honesty a1540 Freiris Berw. 541.
Our the stair se … thow ga gud speid; Gif thow dois nocht, on thy awin perrell beid a1570-86 Arbuthnot Maitl. F. xxix. 123.
Ȝit sumtyme man I … mak my tung to ring as dois ane bell a1570-86 Maitland Ib. clxxiii. 17.
Thoucht courttis ay hes bein chengeand as dois the mone(b) 1375 Barb. i. 399.
Ector … wlispyt alsua as did he c1420 Wynt. iv. 1644.
Wyth mare dowt etchapyde thai Than, na thai dide the fyrst day 1439 Edinb. Chart. 65.
Payand yerly til vs … swylk like annuales as thai dede to … Schir Robert c1475 Wall. iv. 104.
In the Lennox he tuk purpos to ryde; And so he dyde 1564 Peebles B. Rec. 299.
The counsall … ordanis the said master to wait himself better on the bairnis nor he doid affor tyme(c) 1375 Barb. xx. 464.
Gretar defens maid neuir sa quhoyne Agane so feill, as thai haue doyne c1420 Wynt. vi. 1169.
I bare me noucht than As I suld hawe dwne off dete a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 453.
I think my fredome to hald, As my eldaris of ald Has done me beforne 1511 Lennox Mun. 191.
To dispone apone my sonys maryagis syklik as I suld … haif downe 1558-66 Knox I. 147.
[They] could not bukkill other by the byrse, as bold men wold haif doune

5. intr. To act.(a) 1375 Barb. vii. 526.
He tuk avisment vith his men On quhat maner thai suld do then Ib. xi. 643.
Giff he weill dois, let hym veill ta ?1438 Alex. ii. 286.
Quho best will do, sall haue honore Ib. 3144.
I sall do as ȝe deim, ilk deill 1456 Hay I. 64/30.
Thou dois nocht wele tharof, for thou seis I am bot a beste and dois as a beste c1460 Wisd. Sol. 715.
Na man may … spere quhy dois God thus in this a1500 Rauf C. 165.
Do as I bid thé 1506 Edinb. Chart. 190.
Quhair ony … strangearis dois incontrair this our proclamatioun 1562-3 Winȝet II. 8/5.
Without al dout, sa doing, thai had win the cause a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 781.
Cum on, … and do as we devyse(b) a1400 Leg. S. xxxvii. 339.
As Dacyane dewisit, thai dide c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 500.
At thar bidding they dyd so c1420 Wynt. ii. 307.
Deucalyon dyde all hale As Pyrra gawe hym to consalle 1513 Doug. ii. vii. 57.
Syklyk dyd Rypheus(c) a1400 Leg. S. i. 202.
As he sad hym, he has downe c1420 Wynt. v. 5097.
He mycht have bettyr done Till do as Catowne kend hys sone Ib. viii. 4666.
In till schort tyme so have thai dwne, That … thai assemblyd ware c1500 Fyve Bestes 361.
Gif a kyng has said or done amis 1513 Doug. ii. ii. 94.
Wald God swa thai had done syne mony a day!

b. Const. with, for, or to (a person or thing).(1) a1400 Leg. S. Prol. 86.
Quhen scho saw hou the Iouys ded Vith hyme 1533 Gau 21/18.
Thow sal … lat hime rewl thé and dw with thé efter his plesour 1572 Maitl. Q. lxii. 63.
Lowse Lyndsay ȝit did better with the laif That tuik thair geir 1584 St. A. Kirk S. 519.
William Moreis grantis he hes hed to do carnale with Ionet Mortoun 1610 Dundonald Par. Rec. 206.
To pay … to his father … the svm of four merkis money to be doand with quhill the Sessioun be forther advysit(2) c1536 Lynd. Compl. Bagsche 4.
In court na dog wyll do for me 1545 Wemyss Chart. II. 171.
Be hymself, his kyn, frendis, … and all vtheris that wil do for him(3) c1552 Lynd. Mon. 662.
Ilk man do as he wald be done to 1566 Edinb. B. Deeds 228 b.
That scho may be better done to and vpbroucht fra thine furth

c. To be active or energetic. 1375 Barb. iii. 585.
For all war doand, knycht and knawe Ib. xviii. 67.
Thai Suld hald thar fais all that day Doand ?1438 Alex. ii. 1330.
All war thai doand, baith ald and ȝoung a1500 Henr. Fab. 2871.
Quhen scho saw thair wes bot do or de … scho forcit hir to swym 1567 G. Ball. 142.
Than suld we outher do or die

d. To fare or prosper. a1500 Rauf C. 86.
Pryse at the parting, how that thow dois a1500 Seven S. 304.
Quhen he come hame, sone sperit he Befor all thing, how dois my tre? 1560 Rolland Seven S. 989.
How dois ȝour self? for it is lang ago Sen I ȝow saw 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 105.
Our souerane ladie depairtit … to sie how her said husband did

6. As an auxiliary. a. With the infinitive, in the present or past tense.(1) a1400 Leg. S. vii. 204.
Do stane we Iamis c1500-c1512 Dunb. x. 25.
All clergy do to him inclyne(2) 1513 Doug. ii. vii. 124.
Heir I Drawis ȝow to witnes, and doys testify c1550 Rolland C. Venus iii. 45.
Pandora sle That with hir slichtis al men dois vincous c1552 Lynd. Mon. 225.
I do desyre of thame no supporting a1585 Maitl. Q. lxvi. 135.
Thocht men be blind, ȝit thow dois cleirlie sie c1590 J. Stewart 73/26.
Vith feuir new and fell, In syndrie sorts assoupit dois scho smart(3) 1513 Doug. i. vii. 112.
The speir ourturnit in the dust did write c1552 Lynd. Mon. 226.
I did neuer sleip on Pernaso Ib. 294.
As thov did schaw thy heych power diuyne

b. In the infinitive, past and present pples.(1) a1500 Colk. Sow Proem 21.
Wald my lordis do se quho wold begin it 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. i. 209.
I will … Do slaik my wraith Ib. iii. 123.
That I with ink may do bot paper blek Id. Æn. i. Prol. 15.
In every volume quhilk thé lyst do wryte c1552 Lynd. Mon. 6242.
Quhen the childryng of God … Sall do appeir c1568 Lauder Minor P. i. 99.
Meit for no werk that man wald do desyre Ib. 103.
That will nocht do the wourd of God embrace(2) c1500-c1512 Dunb. iv. 48.
He hes done petuously devour The noble Chaucer Ib. xlviii. 24.
The lork hes done the mirry day proclame 1535 Stewart 25048.
Agane the fa of Christ … ane lang quhile had done wirk 15.. Clar. v. 2704.
Whan thay had done full long in armis duell c1552 Lynd. Mon. 83.
Thoucht God … Hes done this countrie scurge Ib. 100.
Pure buke, quhilk I have done indyte 1560 Rolland Seven S. 5716.
Hes ȝour grace done consaue The sempill wordis 1556 Lauder Off. Kings 340.
As I afore haue done discus 1570 Sat. P. xxiii. 49.
Hauing this hauld, as I haue done declair a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. cii. 1.
Quhone I haue done considder This warldis vanite(3) c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlviii. 49.
Grene levis doing of dew doun fleit Ib. 56.
Doing all sable fro the hevynnis chace 1513 Doug. vi. iii. 97.
With saffron hewit frute doyng furth sprowt 15.. Clar. ii. 150.
This knicht, … doing thir wordis saine c1568 Lauder Minor P. ii. 34.
Now mony vsis sosserie, Doand the deuylis of Hell coniure

c. With past pples. c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxii. 2.
Remembir … How that my ȝowth I [v.r. is] done forloir c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4893.
Quhy haif thay done that blysfull band deiectit, In thare kyngdome? 1581 Burne Disput. 78 b.
Thay ar … volfis and toddis, quha … haue violentlie done brokin the dyk of the scheipfald