Middle English Dictionary Entry
fīndī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | fīndī adj. Also fundi. |
| Etymology | OE gefyndig, glossing L capax capacious, capable, apt; cp. MHG vündic ingenious. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. finden find, invent.
1.
(a) Capable of understanding (what is said); apt or effective (language); (b) capable or able (person); (c) ?suitable or proper for a certain purpose.
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)119 : Hit þuhte here ech sunderlepes þat it was his londes speche..Þus hie segen þe holi gost on tungene euene & þerefore weren fundie on speche..Bidde we nu þe holigost þat he..make us..clene of alle sinnes and giue us swo findige speche þat þe fewe word þe we on ure bede seien be cuðe alle halegen.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)13327 : Symon..All harrd & strang & stedefasst & findiȝ & unnfakenn To stanndenn ȝæen þe laþe gast.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)15073 : Forr Crist iss strang & stedefasst & findiȝ & unnfakenn Till alle þa þatt lufenn himm.
c
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1602 : Þa lakesst tu þin Drihhtin swa Gastlike..Wiþþ þerrflinng bræd..Wiþþ fasst & findiȝ laf & harrd.