From Middle English findiȝ, from Old English findiġ (“considerable, good, heavy”), perhaps of Old Norse origin. Compare Danish fyndig (“energetic, weighty”).
findy (comparative more findy, superlative most findy)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “findy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)