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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4373 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fulfyllfulfill

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

Puritas changed it
253 times in 85 works
Consistency
99.2% (253 of 255)
Reach if approved
~268 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: fulfil
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
255 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (253 changes in 85 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 253)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … bleſſynges promiſed. But if thou wylte not heare the woorde of the Lorde to fulfyllfulfill all hys commaundementes, the curſſes wryten in the law ſhal come vpon the. Deue …
    With rule
    … bleſſynges promiſed. But if thou wylte not heare the woorde of the Lorde to fulfyllfulfill all hys commaundementes, the curſſes wryten in the law ſhal come vpon the. Deue …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … my fleshe, & assaye to do them in effect, I fynde it farre vnable to fulfyllfulfill them. Wherupon I dispayre in my self as one readye to fal into the …
    With rule
    … my fleshe, & assaye to do them in effect, I fynde it farre vnable to fulfyllfulfill them. Wherupon I dispayre in my self as one readye to fal into the …

    John Bale · A Dialogue to be had at Table Between Two Children · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    (Quod thay) and ſweir tyll fulfyllfulfill hir intent.
    With rule
    (Quod thay) and ſweir tyll fulfyllfulfill hir intent.

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … by reaſon he ſhulde wythout al feare make haiſte vnto them, not onely to fulfyllfulfill Gods commaundemente, but alſo by hys preſence to helpe them, yf theyr fayth do …
    With rule
    … by reaſon he ſhulde wythout al feare make haiſte vnto them, not onely to fulfyllfulfill Gods commaundemente, but alſo by hys preſence to helpe them, yf theyr fayth do …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Psalm 22 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … ye all are greuous sinners & haue broken all the cōmaundementes of God, he shoulde fulfyllfulfill the lawe for you, delyuerynge you from the curse of the lawe, wherun to …
    With rule
    … ye all are greuous sinners & haue broken all the cōmaundementes of God, he shoulde fulfyllfulfill the lawe for you, delyuerynge you from the curse of the lawe, wherun to …

    Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … are good workes which God hath commanded. Wherfore tell me can we accompliſh and fulfyllfulfill the commandements of God?
    With rule
    … are good workes which God hath commanded. Wherfore tell me can we accompliſh and fulfyllfulfill the commandements of God?

    Theodore Beza · A Little Catechism · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … in to thine hert in erneſt that thou myghtyſt be ſure that God wyll fulfyllfulfill all hys promyſes that he hath made ye. It is alſo the ſeale & marke …
    With rule
    … in to thine hert in erneſt that thou myghtyſt be ſure that God wyll fulfyllfulfill all hys promyſes that he hath made ye. It is alſo the ſeale & marke …

    William Tyndale · Faith Justifies Us Before We Can Bring Forth any Good Work · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … reſpecte off worldly policie ſtaie vs. Let no perſwaſion blinde vs. But let vs fulfyllfulfill in oure ſelues that whiche Eſaias forwarnethe that goddes children ſhalbe as pigions / whiche …
    With rule
    … reſpecte off worldly policie ſtaie vs. Let no perſwaſion blinde vs. But let vs fulfyllfulfill in oure ſelues that whiche Eſaias forwarnethe that goddes children ſhalbe as pigions / whiche …

    William Whittingham · Brief Discourse of the Troubles at Frankfort · p. XI · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Against a Rank Papist A02621

  • Printed
    … yt be euyl, discharge thy couenaūt. In a filthy vow chāge thy former decre. FulfyllFulfill not that thou hast vowed vnbewares, for that promyse is wycked, whiche is not …
    With rule
    … yt be euyl, discharge thy couenaūt. In a filthy vow chāge thy former decre. FulfyllFulfill not that thou hast vowed vnbewares, for that promyse is wycked, whiche is not …

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader