adj i (2 so+bríg)

(a) sober, calm, tranquil, cheerful : is alind sen sobrich, Wb. 31b35 . s.¤ a sobria .i. ōn subachus, Corm. Y 1130 . rop s.¤ `let him be sober' (of a prince), Tec. Corm. § 6.4 . s.¤ cách co altrom `everybody is tranquil until he undertakes fosterage', § 31.15 . in denmna samad sobraidh (: solmaibh), ZCP vi 264 § 4 . ar ba mescamail sobruige (? leg. sobruig) inti nochaithed, Cymmr. xiv 118.10 . As adv. ind sobríg (sobrug, MS. leg. sobruig, Asc.) gl. graviter, Ml. 114a11 . ? As subst. fairsing cach sobraid, Triads 251 . (sobraicch, v.l. glossed: sobríoghach, p. 43 ).

(b) vigorous, powerful, influential, important : in cetna salm s.¤ séis | `quare fremuerunt gentés', Hib. Min. 45.12 . do Niall . . . tucad soerfhiallach s.¤ , LL 132b1 . cidh saer s.¤ soceineoil, O'D. 531 ( H 3.17, 431 ). ba sobhraigh Cearbhall do ghrés | ba sobhraigh a bhés go bás `C. was always vigorous', TFrag. 222.13 . cach máin bói for talmain | bói lasin sáir s.¤ , Metr. Dinds. iii 300.46 . gniomh sin dar sobrigh Fergus .i. ba so-brioghach nertmar Fergus don gniomh sin, no ba sobarthain no sona dho, Leb. Gab.(i) 108.11 .