Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11811 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

houldhold

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 783 times in 313 works
Consistency: 99.4% (783 of 787)
Reach if approved: ~827 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: hold
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 787 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (783 changes in 313 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 783)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ariſeth from themſelues, and from their owne good deeds, and meritorious actions; as they houldhold them, They reioyce not in the Lord.
With rule
… ariſeth from themſelues, and from their owne good deeds, and meritorious actions; as they houldhold them, They reioyce not in the Lord.
Richard Rogers · Sermons · p. 196 · Open in the reader
Printed
… heauie vpon the Soule …nd conſcience of that man that …ommitted them, when hee …houldhold come to a true ſight of …hem.
With rule
… heauie vpon the Soule …nd conſcience of that man that …ommitted them, when hee …houldhold come to a true ſight of …hem.
Samuel Smith · Christs Last Supper · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vpon the word of God; against which, if any Angell should speake, we may houldhold him accursed. But when the sonne of God him-selfe, euen the promised Messias …
With rule
… vpon the word of God; against which, if any Angell should speake, we may houldhold him accursed. But when the sonne of God him-selfe, euen the promised Messias …
William Fulke · The Woman of Canaan · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be to hastelie vainquest. To such an Capitane, shall I neuer commit my houldhold in keaping, nether yet to such an aduocat, the defence of my iuste cause.
With rule
… to be to hastelie vainquest. To such an Capitane, shall I neuer commit my houldhold in keaping, nether yet to such an aduocat, the defence of my iuste cause.
George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader
Printed
… y^e true ſight of his pouertie, he may be forced carefully & thankfully to lay houldhold vpon the mercies brought by Ieſus Chriſt. As for vs that profeſſe we know …
With rule
… y^e true ſight of his pouertie, he may be forced carefully & thankfully to lay houldhold vpon the mercies brought by Ieſus Chriſt. As for vs that profeſſe we know …
John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
Would …od that all men woulde remember this, thā …houldhold y^• poore people fynd more gentlenesse at mennes ha…des, thā they do now …
With rule
Would …od that all men woulde remember this, thā …houldhold y^• poore people fynd more gentlenesse at mennes ha…des, thā they do now …
Thomas Becon · A Christmas Banket · Open in the reader
Printed
… man steales a little meat from thee in his hunger, let the law take houldhold on him, but pursue thou him no more for it, then by the law …
With rule
… man steales a little meat from thee in his hunger, let the law take houldhold on him, but pursue thou him no more for it, then by the law …
William Perkins · Christian Equity and Moderation · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his wife, & frō yeelding husband-like love & duty to her, yea may stil with-houldhold her owne dowry frō her, if shee be an adulteresse. Which doctrine how could …
With rule
… his wife, & frō yeelding husband-like love & duty to her, yea may stil with-houldhold her owne dowry frō her, if shee be an adulteresse. Which doctrine how could …
John Rainolds · Defense of Divorce and Remarriage · p. 80 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Looking Glass of the Holy War A05289

Printed
NOW I come more particularly to the oppugning and defending of an HouldHold, wherein I mean to be briefe, becauſe the particulars of the ſervice, dependeth much …
With rule
NOW I come more particularly to the oppugning and defending of an HouldHold, wherein I mean to be briefe, becauſe the particulars of the ſervice, dependeth much …
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 139 · Open in the reader
Printed
… place in all apparence defenſible: for he that is not a man in a HouldHold, will never be a man in the field. Secondly, while men put on noble …
With rule
… place in all apparence defenſible: for he that is not a man in a HouldHold, will never be a man in the field. Secondly, while men put on noble …
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 160 · Open in the reader

Saint Pauls Triumph A10394

Printed
… is matter of exhortation, to ſtirre vp Gods children to houldhold faſt by God; HouldHold faſt till I come, ſaith our Sauiour: It is not a vaine exhortation, for …
With rule
… is matter of exhortation, to ſtirre vp Gods children to houldhold faſt by God; HouldHold faſt till I come, ſaith our Sauiour: It is not a vaine exhortation, for …
John Randall · Saint Pauls Triumph · p. 96 · Open in the reader

Legacy to His Friends A46665

Printed
… than the Ketch, the Sea being Light all about, and the Woman in the HouldHold made a great Noyse; and when she had given a great Screach or Groan …
With rule
… than the Ketch, the Sea being Light all about, and the Woman in the HouldHold made a great Noyse; and when she had given a great Screach or Groan …
James Janeway · Legacy to His Friends · p. 44 · Open in the reader