Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27284 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

slevvslew

Two v's (or u's) for w: vvhich → which.

Puritas changed it: 20 times in 11 works
Consistency: 100% (20 of 20)
Reach if approved: ~21 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: slew
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 20 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (20 changes in 11 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 20)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in a wood was found by Combranus his ſwineheard, who killed him becauſe he ſlevvslew his Maſter. Edward the ſecond, not hearkening to the counſell of his dying Father …
With rule
… in a wood was found by Combranus his ſwineheard, who killed him becauſe he ſlevvslew his Maſter. Edward the ſecond, not hearkening to the counſell of his dying Father …
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vvives ſeparated from him, he excuſed himſelf by his errour: that if Kain vvho ſlevvslew his brother preſumptuouſly had his puniſhment deferd for ſeven generations,then he offending through …
With rule
… vvives ſeparated from him, he excuſed himſelf by his errour: that if Kain vvho ſlevvslew his brother preſumptuouſly had his puniſhment deferd for ſeven generations,then he offending through …
John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · p. 348 · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue ſlaine them, all aggreages their fact. Ye vvill aske, vvas theſe Ievves that ſlevvslew the Prophets the ſame that ſlevvslew the Lord Ieſus, they wer not in the …
With rule
… haue ſlaine them, all aggreages their fact. Ye vvill aske, vvas theſe Ievves that ſlevvslew the Prophets the ſame that ſlevvslew the Lord Ieſus, they wer not in the …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… y. ende. IEHV aſ word of God, is vncted king and reigneth 28 yeeres. He ſlevvslew Iezabel, Ioram: 70 ſonnes of Achab, vvith 42 of Achaziahs breathren: his vncles ſonnes. Tvvo vvayes …
With rule
… y. ende. IEHV aſ word of God, is vncted king and reigneth 28 yeeres. He ſlevvslew Iezabel, Ioram: 70 ſonnes of Achab, vvith 42 of Achaziahs breathren: his vncles ſonnes. Tvvo vvayes …
Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… be revenged upon a Villain, and cruel Tyrant, and vvithall ran him through and slevvslew him.
With rule
… be revenged upon a Villain, and cruel Tyrant, and vvithall ran him through and slevvslew him.
Samuel Clarke · The Lives and Deaths of Persons Surnamed Great · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of murder before God as if he had indeed ſlain a man, becauſe he ſlevvslew a man through the loyns of this beaſt: His bloudy mind looked at a …
With rule
… of murder before God as if he had indeed ſlain a man, becauſe he ſlevvslew a man through the loyns of this beaſt: His bloudy mind looked at a …
William Fenner · The Souls Looking Glass · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his coming, drevv out vvith his army to meet him: and upon an encounter, slevvslew 800 of them upon the place, and therein lost onely 25 of his Horse, and 12 of …
With rule
… his coming, drevv out vvith his army to meet him: and upon an encounter, slevvslew 800 of them upon the place, and therein lost onely 25 of his Horse, and 12 of …
James Ussher · The Annals of the World · p. 243 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a penitent eye, and on Christ vvith a believing eye. Weep for sin that slevvslew Christ, but hope in the Lamb slain.
With rule
… a penitent eye, and on Christ vvith a believing eye. Weep for sin that slevvslew Christ, but hope in the Lamb slain.
Thomas Watson · The Holy Eucharist · p. 139 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.