Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4636 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lyedlied

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

Puritas changed it: 517 times in 333 works
Consistency: 97.0% (517 of 533)
Reach if approved: ~560 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: lied
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 533 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (517 changes in 333 works, 97.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 517)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in their affliction, verse 34. and 36. They did but flatter him with their mouth, and lyedlied unto him with their tongues. And thus have you seene the tender mercies of …
With rule
… in their affliction, verse 34. and 36. They did but flatter him with their mouth, and lyedlied unto him with their tongues. And thus have you seene the tender mercies of …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… these swete Allegorymakers? I woulde they woulde ones cease to moralyse, for they haue lyedlied too longe.
With rule
… these swete Allegorymakers? I woulde they woulde ones cease to moralyse, for they haue lyedlied too longe.
Thomas Becon · The Castle of Comfort · Open in the reader
Printed
… it was: as for example the sinne of lying. Acts 5. Ananias and Saphira they lyedlied, and you see what a judgement was inflicted upon them, because they had lyedlied …
With rule
… it was: as for example the sinne of lying. Acts 5. Ananias and Saphira they lyedlied, and you see what a judgement was inflicted upon them, because they had lyedlied …
John Preston · Remains · p. 269 · Open in the reader
Printed
Peter ſaith to Ananiah and Saphira; You haue not lyedlied vnto man, but vnto GOD: for you haue not despiſed man, but GOD. For …
With rule
Peter ſaith to Ananiah and Saphira; You haue not lyedlied vnto man, but vnto GOD: for you haue not despiſed man, but GOD. For …
Henry Smith · Sermon on 1 Thessalonians 5 · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Egypt to saue the children, lyedlied to the kyng, Rahab to saue the spyes, lyedlied to them of Jericho, the Scripture is full (but the world is more full …
With rule
… Egypt to saue the children, lyedlied to the kyng, Rahab to saue the spyes, lyedlied to them of Jericho, the Scripture is full (but the world is more full …
John Udall · The Combat Betwixt Christ and the Devil · Open in the reader
Printed
… produced by those which defend lying; whether they are to be thought to have lyedlied, these rules must be observed: 1. It is one thing to conceale the truth, another …
With rule
… produced by those which defend lying; whether they are to be thought to have lyedlied, these rules must be observed: 1. It is one thing to conceale the truth, another …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 252 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the ſpirit of meekneſſe, conſidering thy ſelfe, leſt thou alſo be tempted. Abraham lyedlied to Abimelech, Peter denied his Maſter, Job uttereth ſpeeches of impatience, Paul anſwereth very …
With rule
… in the ſpirit of meekneſſe, conſidering thy ſelfe, leſt thou alſo be tempted. Abraham lyedlied to Abimelech, Peter denied his Maſter, Job uttereth ſpeeches of impatience, Paul anſwereth very …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… powring out their hearts before the Lorde for their present wāts. I had not lyedlied. Now let all men by that which hath bene said consider the grossnes of …
With rule
… powring out their hearts before the Lorde for their present wāts. I had not lyedlied. Now let all men by that which hath bene said consider the grossnes of …
John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · p. 9 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Narration of the Strange and Grievous Vexation by the Devil A19860

Printed
… much as an heare of, one of there heades periſhed? no verely. Thus he LyedLied vnto and cozened our Grandmother Euah makinge her beleue, that * ſhee ſhould not die …
With rule
… much as an heare of, one of there heades periſhed? no verely. Thus he LyedLied vnto and cozened our Grandmother Euah makinge her beleue, that * ſhee ſhould not die …
John Darrell · Narration of the Strange and Grievous Vexation by the Devil · p. 81 · Open in the reader

The Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

Printed
LyedLied three times to his Father, saying, he was Esau, changed his garments, dissembled with …
With rule
LyedLied three times to his Father, saying, he was Esau, changed his garments, dissembled with …
Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 68 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
3. But there be others who conclude, that he both LyedLied and Sinned.
With rule
3. But there be others who conclude, that he both LyedLied and Sinned.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 234 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is, [To Morrow] which ſtrictly taken ſignifies the next Day, and ſo the Devil LyedLied, for it was two or three Days after this that Saul and his Sons …
With rule
… is, [To Morrow] which ſtrictly taken ſignifies the next Day, and ſo the Devil LyedLied, for it was two or three Days after this that Saul and his Sons …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 325 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms A63066

Printed
Verſ. 15. The haters of the Lord ſhould have ſubmitted] Heb. LyedLied, that is, yeelded feigned obedience, as Pſal. 18.44.
With rule
Verſ. 15. The haters of the Lord ſhould have ſubmitted] Heb. LyedLied, that is, yeelded feigned obedience, as Pſal. 18.44.
John Trapp · Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms · p. 795 · Open in the reader