Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2046 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

worneworn

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it: 1,106 times in 608 works
Consistency: 99.2% (1,106 of 1,114)
Reach if approved: ~1,170 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: worn
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,114 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,106 changes in 608 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,106)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… they were, not such as are set in waxe, the stamp whereof might be worneworn out in time, and had need to be renewed; but such as were ingrauen …
With rule
… they were, not such as are set in waxe, the stamp whereof might be worneworn out in time, and had need to be renewed; but such as were ingrauen …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 378 · Open in the reader
Printed
… goes away like lightening, and becauſe the minds of theſe poore creatures, are over-worneworn with many thoughts, and curſed reaſonings, and troubled therewith, they grow unable to helpe …
With rule
… goes away like lightening, and becauſe the minds of theſe poore creatures, are over-worneworn with many thoughts, and curſed reaſonings, and troubled therewith, they grow unable to helpe …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Humiliation · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
… almost weary of the Sunne for perpetuall shining. If the Temple pauements be euer worneworn with his visitant feete, hee will runne farre to a new Teacher: and rather …
With rule
… almost weary of the Sunne for perpetuall shining. If the Temple pauements be euer worneworn with his visitant feete, hee will runne farre to a new Teacher: and rather …
Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they that thinke themselues discharged of their fealty, kéepe their secōd faith and aleadgeaunce, …worneworn to her highnesse, as to the substitute of God, whome they wickedly imagine to …
With rule
… they that thinke themselues discharged of their fealty, kéepe their secōd faith and aleadgeaunce, …worneworn to her highnesse, as to the substitute of God, whome they wickedly imagine to …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… both of Gods word and Nature too, discerned that such are not to be worneworn: O take heed, M^r. B. how you neglect this light, and doe that that …
With rule
… both of Gods word and Nature too, discerned that such are not to be worneworn: O take heed, M^r. B. how you neglect this light, and doe that that …
Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 246 · Open in the reader
Printed
… GOD without thy vertues will neuer crowne thee. The robe of glory that is worneworn there, must be spun and wouen heere: spun out of the side of Christ …
With rule
… GOD without thy vertues will neuer crowne thee. The robe of glory that is worneworn there, must be spun and wouen heere: spun out of the side of Christ …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 146 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Archangell: I tremble at the roaring deuils: I am afraid of the gnawing worneworn, the ſmoke, the vapour, the brimſtone, the darkneſſe▪ the burning: Ah wo is me …
With rule
… the Archangell: I tremble at the roaring deuils: I am afraid of the gnawing worneworn, the ſmoke, the vapour, the brimſtone, the darkneſſe▪ the burning: Ah wo is me …
Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Lord complaines there that hee had wasted and spent vp all his fuell, worneworn out his bellowes and spoiled all his tooles vpon them in seeking to doe …
With rule
… the Lord complaines there that hee had wasted and spent vp all his fuell, worneworn out his bellowes and spoiled all his tooles vpon them in seeking to doe …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 31 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
WorneWorn out as fast as gotten. For, to thee
With rule
WorneWorn out as fast as gotten. For, to thee
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
WorneWorn out Gods patience by impiety.
With rule
WorneWorn out Gods patience by impiety.
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

Printed
… brethren, gave an Ala…m unto his spirit. He was ashamed to see them WorneWorn, like flowers in the Breasts and Bosomes of forreign Princes, whilst he himself withered …
With rule
… brethren, gave an Ala…m unto his spirit. He was ashamed to see them WorneWorn, like flowers in the Breasts and Bosomes of forreign Princes, whilst he himself withered …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 108 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
Tired, Gen. 19. 11. Burdened, Isa. 44. …. WorneWorn out, Isa. 57. The wicked wearie the Lord with their iniquities, Isa. 43. 24. with their words …
With rule
Tired, Gen. 19. 11. Burdened, Isa. 44. …. WorneWorn out, Isa. 57. The wicked wearie the Lord with their iniquities, Isa. 43. 24. with their words …
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 615 · Open in the reader

A Prophecy Written for the Year 1641 A66774

Printed
WorneWorn out Gods patience by impiety.
With rule
WorneWorn out Gods patience by impiety.
George Wither · A Prophecy Written for the Year 1641 · p. 63 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
WorneWorn by as many ſeverall men in ſinne,
With rule
WorneWorn by as many ſeverall men in ſinne,
John Donne · Poems · p. 327 · Open in the reader

Prophecy of our Present Calamity 2 A96762

Printed
WorneWorn out Gods patience by impietie.
With rule
WorneWorn out Gods patience by impietie.
George Wither · Prophecy of our Present Calamity 2 · p. 15 · Open in the reader