Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4352 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

defyleddefiled

ie for a final y, y for i: mercie → mercy, tyme → time.

Puritas changed it: 213 times in 108 works
Consistency: 100% (213 of 213)
Reach if approved: ~224 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: defiled
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 213 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (213 changes in 108 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 213)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… come of our ſelfe be but fylthines & abhominacion before god / and as a cloth defyleddefiled & contamynate with y^e floures of a woman. In ſuch a tēptacion there is no …
With rule
… come of our ſelfe be but fylthines & abhominacion before god / and as a cloth defyleddefiled & contamynate with y^e floures of a woman. In ſuch a tēptacion there is no …
William Tyndale · A Pathway Into the Holy Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… to crye dimitte nobis debita noſtra: being no better in gods ſyghte, then a defyleddefiled womans cloth, althogh to the ſyghte of menne, they maye ſeme gorgyous and gaye …
With rule
… to crye dimitte nobis debita noſtra: being no better in gods ſyghte, then a defyleddefiled womans cloth, althogh to the ſyghte of menne, they maye ſeme gorgyous and gaye …
John Bradford · An Exhortation to the Carrying of Christs Cross · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
All our righteousnes is lyke a defyleddefiled cloth of a woman. Esa. 64.
With rule
All our righteousnes is lyke a defyleddefiled cloth of a woman. Esa. 64.
Patrick Hamilton · Concerning the Doctrine of Faith and of the Law · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God (sayth Asaph the prophete) a peple is broken into thyne herytage / which hath defyleddefiled thy holye temple. If the Popes churche were ment by that temple / this text …
With rule
… God (sayth Asaph the prophete) a peple is broken into thyne herytage / which hath defyleddefiled thy holye temple. If the Popes churche were ment by that temple / this text …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſeruaunt wyfe, daughter, mayde, & cōmaundeth ſo earneſtly and ſtrayghtly, that they ſhal not be defyleddefiled, for he geueth me ſafe conduyt, He doth alſo execute it, and leaueth it …
With rule
… ſeruaunt wyfe, daughter, mayde, & cōmaundeth ſo earneſtly and ſtrayghtly, that they ſhal not be defyleddefiled, for he geueth me ſafe conduyt, He doth alſo execute it, and leaueth it …
Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader
Printed
… another husbonde, shall he resorte ony more vnto her? Is not that woman than defyleddefiled & vncleane? But as for the thou hast played the harlot w^t many louers, yet …
With rule
… another husbonde, shall he resorte ony more vnto her? Is not that woman than defyleddefiled & vncleane? But as for the thou hast played the harlot w^t many louers, yet …
Thomas Becon · The New Policy of War · Open in the reader
Printed
… obſeruations, by y^e which the puritie of the chriſtian fayth is not violated nor defyleddefiled. To communicate in theſe thinges with the faythfull, yf it be free, it is …
With rule
… obſeruations, by y^e which the puritie of the chriſtian fayth is not violated nor defyleddefiled. To communicate in theſe thinges with the faythfull, yf it be free, it is …
Wolfgang Musculus · The Observer of Time · Open in the reader
Printed
… for hee was deprehended in adultery, and the husband of the woman whom hee defyleddefiled, wounded him to the death, so hee concluded his vnhappy life.
With rule
… for hee was deprehended in adultery, and the husband of the woman whom hee defyleddefiled, wounded him to the death, so hee concluded his vnhappy life.
Patrick Simson · The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ · p. 400 · 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.