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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33697 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vveakeweak

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

Puritas changed it
117 times in 65 works
Consistency
100% (117 of 117)
Reach if approved
~123 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: weak
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
117 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (117 changes in 65 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 117)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Which thing he teſtifieth in yt. 2. Cor. 12. wt theſe words: For vvhen I am vveakeweak, then am I ſtrōg. Alſo: I vvil gladly reioyce in my infirmities, that the …
    With rule
    … Which thing he teſtifieth in yt. 2. Cor. 12. wt theſe words: For vvhen I am vveakeweak, then am I ſtrōg. Alſo: I vvil gladly reioyce in my infirmities, that the …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 198 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … lest you enter into temptation: the spirite indeed is vvilling but the flesh is vveakeweak.
    With rule
    … lest you enter into temptation: the spirite indeed is vvilling but the flesh is vveakeweak.

    Henry Smith · The Magistrates Scripture · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    No feble nor vveakeweak thing me shall geue.
    With rule
    No feble nor vveakeweak thing me shall geue.

    Henrich Bullinger · The Hope of the Faithful · p. 157 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … thy mind great exercises of deuotion, that thou mayest make thy body vnprofitable and vveakeweak, do thou on the other side see that thy fasting haue a measure. He …
    With rule
    … thy mind great exercises of deuotion, that thou mayest make thy body vnprofitable and vveakeweak, do thou on the other side see that thy fasting haue a measure. He …

    Archbishop George Abbot · Sermons on Jonah · p. 457 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the christian vvorld, it vvas vvonderfully vvrought by the Lords mighty povver in his vveakeweak servants. Such vvere amongst others Baldus of Franco, Hus of Bohem, Jerome of Prage …
    With rule
    … the christian vvorld, it vvas vvonderfully vvrought by the Lords mighty povver in his vveakeweak servants. Such vvere amongst others Baldus of Franco, Hus of Bohem, Jerome of Prage …

    David Calderwood · The Pastor and the Prelate · p. 38 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … oh alaſſe I haue no gifts, no vvit, no learning, a ſimple ſcholler and vveakeweak memorie, and ſuch like, contrarie to that one knows & thinkes; now this depreſing ones …
    With rule
    … oh alaſſe I haue no gifts, no vvit, no learning, a ſimple ſcholler and vveakeweak memorie, and ſuch like, contrarie to that one knows & thinkes; now this depreſing ones …

    John Dod · A Bright Star which Leadeth Wise Men to our Lord Jesus Christ · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Man is not onely VVeakeWeak, but alſo corrupte, and the difference betwene thefe two. 299. b 55. 300. a 22
    With rule
    Man is not onely VVeakeWeak, but alſo corrupte, and the difference betwene thefe two. 299. b 55. 300. a 22

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Where-in, all-bee-it vveakeweak Women place a Treasure;
    With rule
    Where-in, all-bee-it vveakeweak Women place a Treasure;

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · 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.