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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27888 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

norvvaynorway

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

Puritas changed it
3 times in 2 works
Consistency
100% (3 of 3)
Reach if approved
~3 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: norway
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
3 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3 changes in 2 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (3 of 3)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … beaten, the Sur-name of whose King, as a Learned Author doth observe, was NORVVAYNORWAY▪ Others conceive it called the Black Fleet of Norway, because it was never black …
    With rule
    … beaten, the Sur-name of whose King, as a Learned Author doth observe, was NORVVAYNORWAY▪ Others conceive it called the Black Fleet of Norway, because it was never black …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 84 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … as Lombardy in Ittaly ſo acompted, Another the Arcenall of the vvorlde as Ruſſia, & NorvvayNorway are eſteemed, eſpetially for cordage & materialls of shipping. In all vvhich & the like is …
    With rule
    … as Lombardy in Ittaly ſo acompted, Another the Arcenall of the vvorlde as Ruſſia, & NorvvayNorway are eſteemed, eſpetially for cordage & materialls of shipping. In all vvhich & the like is …

    William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    When the Black Fleet of NORVVAYNORWAY is come and gone]
    With rule
    When the Black Fleet of NORVVAYNORWAY is come and gone]

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 84 · 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.