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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33387 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sayissays

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it
240 times in 14 works
Consistency
97.1% (240 of 247)
Reach if approved
~260 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: says
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
247 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (240 changes in 14 works, 97.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 240)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    ¶Sum ſayissays, that Iowis mony fald
    With rule
    ¶Sum ſayissays, that Iowis mony fald

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Sum sayissays, for hir Adultrie
    With rule
    Sum sayissays, for hir Adultrie

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … hands. This is verie plane and full of consolation: the 2. Cor. 5 For we know (sayissays the Apostle,) that gif the earthly house of this tabernacle be destroyed, we haue …
    With rule
    … hands. This is verie plane and full of consolation: the 2. Cor. 5 For we know (sayissays the Apostle,) that gif the earthly house of this tabernacle be destroyed, we haue …

    James Melville · Fruitful and Comfortable Exhortation in Death · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … they are not. This ſame AVGVSTIN writand vpon IOHN in his 30. treatiſe: the bodie (ſayissays he) into the quhilk the Lord raiſe; of necesſitie it mann be in ane …
    With rule
    … they are not. This ſame AVGVSTIN writand vpon IOHN in his 30. treatiſe: the bodie (ſayissays he) into the quhilk the Lord raiſe; of necesſitie it mann be in ane …

    Robert Bruce · Sermons Upon the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    And ſum ſayissays ȝe ar for certaine
    With rule
    And ſum ſayissays ȝe ar for certaine

    David Lindsay · A Satire of the Three Estates · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    For the beſt maner of interpretatione of Scripturs (ſayissays he) is to expone ane place be ane vther of the ſame, that is …
    With rule
    For the beſt maner of interpretatione of Scripturs (ſayissays he) is to expone ane place be ane vther of the ſame, that is …

    John Davidson · Answer to the Tractive by Master Kennedy · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … heauin aboue, is conteyned in mānis handis in tyme of the Sacrifice. Also he sayissays in aue vther place, do we not offer sacrifice daylie? we do offer bot …
    With rule
    … heauin aboue, is conteyned in mānis handis in tyme of the Sacrifice. Also he sayissays in aue vther place, do we not offer sacrifice daylie? we do offer bot …

    George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · p. 75 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of the Lord: For, this is the fruit of repentance. So, that he quhilk sayissays hee repents, and amends not his life in some measure, but continues in his …
    With rule
    … of the Lord: For, this is the fruit of repentance. So, that he quhilk sayissays hee repents, and amends not his life in some measure, but continues in his …

    Alexander Hume · Treatise of Conscience Wherein Divers Secrets are Discovered · p. 47 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

7 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.

Works A05537

  • Printed
    SayisSays quhē euil rewme diſcendis frō ye heid
    With rule
    SayisSays quhē euil rewme diſcendis frō ye heid

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    SayisSays, God hes haill at his command
    With rule
    SayisSays, God hes haill at his command

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier A05548

  • Printed
    SayisSays quhen euyl rewme descendis frome ye heid
    With rule
    SayisSays quhen euyl rewme descendis frome ye heid

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs A16106

  • Printed
    SayisSays God. I sall the saif from schame,
    With rule
    SayisSays God. I sall the saif from schame,

    John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 94 · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon the Lords Supper A17050

  • Printed
    … in the power of ony man. Exemple we haue in IOHN the Baptiſt, MAT. 3. 11. SayisSays he not, the miniſtery that I haue is of the element, I am commaunded …
    With rule
    … in the power of ony man. Exemple we haue in IOHN the Baptiſt, MAT. 3. 11. SayisSays he not, the miniſtery that I haue is of the element, I am commaunded …

    Robert Bruce · Sermons Upon the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … tham the better of their carnal twitching: Therefore the carnal twitching profits na thing. SayisSays hee not him ſelfe, IOH. 6. to draw tham from that ſiniſter cōfidence, that they …
    With rule
    … tham the better of their carnal twitching: Therefore the carnal twitching profits na thing. SayisSays hee not him ſelfe, IOH. 6. to draw tham from that ſiniſter cōfidence, that they …

    Robert Bruce · Sermons Upon the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

A Satire of the Three Estates A72573

  • Printed
    SayisSays to the wretchis that will not wirk
    With rule
    SayisSays to the wretchis that will not wirk

    David Lindsay · A Satire of the Three Estates · p. 90 · Open in the reader