Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4800 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gyantgiant

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

Puritas changed it: 633 times in 384 works
Consistency: 100% (633 of 633)
Reach if approved: ~665 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: giant
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 633 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (633 changes in 384 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 633)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Conquerour of vs all is conquered for vs all, by Him that foiled the GyantGiant in his owne denne, the Graue. Thankes be to God which giueth vs the …
With rule
… Conquerour of vs all is conquered for vs all, by Him that foiled the GyantGiant in his owne denne, the Graue. Thankes be to God which giueth vs the …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Dauid then came against Goliath, armed with the Name of the Lord, when that GyantGiant stood betweene the two Hostes, and was a terrour to the Army of Israel …
With rule
… Dauid then came against Goliath, armed with the Name of the Lord, when that GyantGiant stood betweene the two Hostes, and was a terrour to the Army of Israel …
William Guild · The Elf-Fire of Purgatory · Open in the reader
Printed
… the whole worlde more beautyfull or excellente. Yet leapeth the Sonne forth as a GyantGiant to runne his courſe.
With rule
… the whole worlde more beautyfull or excellente. Yet leapeth the Sonne forth as a GyantGiant to runne his courſe.
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… at Turen, and at Thuring. Lazarus the Brother of Marie is like wiſe a GyantGiant of three bodies, one of them is at Maſſilia, another at Anguſtodune, and the …
With rule
… at Turen, and at Thuring. Lazarus the Brother of Marie is like wiſe a GyantGiant of three bodies, one of them is at Maſſilia, another at Anguſtodune, and the …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 203 · Open in the reader
Printed
7 And they of Ephraim ſhall bee as a GyantGiant, and their heart ſhall rejoyce as through wine: yea, their children ſhall ſee it …
With rule
7 And they of Ephraim ſhall bee as a GyantGiant, and their heart ſhall rejoyce as through wine: yea, their children ſhall ſee it …
William Pemble · Exposition of Zechariah 1-9 · p. 162 · Open in the reader
Printed
… usually, is more in measure then the spirit. The flesh is like the mighty gyantgiant Goliah: and the spirit is litle and small like young David. Hence it is …
With rule
… usually, is more in measure then the spirit. The flesh is like the mighty gyantgiant Goliah: and the spirit is litle and small like young David. Hence it is …
William Perkins · The Nature and Practice of Repentance · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wine of the kingdome, wherewith the soule being once refreshed, shee rejoyceth as a gyantgiant to runne the race of holinesse: It is the spirit of Christ alone that …
With rule
… wine of the kingdome, wherewith the soule being once refreshed, shee rejoyceth as a gyantgiant to runne the race of holinesse: It is the spirit of Christ alone that …
Francis Rous · The Mystical Marriage · p. 276 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it, and then all is couered. As Dauid needed no other armour against the GyantGiant, then a sling: so we need no other garment against sinne then Christ. There …
With rule
… it, and then all is couered. As Dauid needed no other armour against the GyantGiant, then a sling: so we need no other garment against sinne then Christ. There …
Henry Smith · The Wedding Garment · p. 29 · 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.