a. Obs. Also 3 findiȝ, findige, fundie. [ME. findiȝ, fundi(ü); cf. OE. ȝefyndiȝ capable, Da. fyndig powerful, solid, f. fynd strength, substance.] Firm, solid, weighty. Of a harvest: Plentiful.
c. 1200. Ormin, 4149.
Forr Crist iss strang & stedefasst | |
& findiȝ & unnfakenn. |
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 119. Þus hie segen þe holi gost on tungene euene, and þerefore weren fundie on speche. Ibid. Bidde we nu þe holigost þat he giue us findige speche.
a. 1677. Proverb, in Junius, Etymologicum (ed. Lye, 1743), s.v. Fyndie, A May cold and windy maketh the barn full and fyndie.