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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27695 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvightswights

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

Puritas changed it
5 times in 3 works
Consistency
100% (5 of 5)
Reach if approved
~5 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: wights
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
5 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5 changes in 3 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (4 of 5)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    …ve oft haue vvightswights in vvoe, & greefe
    With rule
    …ve oft haue vvightswights in vvoe, & greefe

    William Loe · Songs of Zion · p. 43 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of the vanitie of the vvorld, a point verie needfull as for all mortall vvightswights, ſo eſpecially for noble perſonages to conſider. In the Epiſtles of S. Paule, Iames …
    With rule
    … of the vanitie of the vvorld, a point verie needfull as for all mortall vvightswights, ſo eſpecially for noble perſonages to conſider. In the Epiſtles of S. Paule, Iames …

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    And svvelling vvaues such svvelling vvightswights
    With rule
    And svvelling vvaues such svvelling vvightswights

    Theodore Beza · Job Expounded · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Of vvightswights in woe most rife
    With rule
    Of vvightswights in woe most rife

    William Loe · Songs of Zion · p. 37 · 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.