Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5871 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

svvordsword

Two v's (or u's) for w: vvhich → which.

Puritas changed it: 135 times in 57 works
Consistency: 100% (135 of 135)
Reach if approved: ~142 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sword
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 135 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (135 changes in 57 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 135)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… sinned, & fell before their enemies: Saul sinned and ended his life on his ovvne svvordsword: Antiochus and Herod blasphemed, and vvere smitten deseruedly: Iudas betrated, and died despairingly. All …
With rule
… sinned, & fell before their enemies: Saul sinned and ended his life on his ovvne svvordsword: Antiochus and Herod blasphemed, and vvere smitten deseruedly: Iudas betrated, and died despairingly. All …
Richard Greenham · Comfort for All Those Afflicted in Conscience · Open in the reader
Printed
… that the Word of God is quick and povverfull & sharper then a tvvo edged SvvordSword, piercing even to the dividing asunder the soule and Spirit, and of the raines …
With rule
… that the Word of God is quick and povverfull & sharper then a tvvo edged SvvordSword, piercing even to the dividing asunder the soule and Spirit, and of the raines …
John Bastwick · Answer to John Banks · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… end of his trouble: If the murtherer had his vvill in murthering his bloodie ſvvordsword vvould neuer be put vp, but he vvould euer be murthering, he vvould be …
With rule
… end of his trouble: If the murtherer had his vvill in murthering his bloodie ſvvordsword vvould neuer be put vp, but he vvould euer be murthering, he vvould be …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… The teachers of the people shall inſtruct many, and shall be ouerthrovvne through the SvvordSword, through fire, through banishment and extortion, euen vntil the laſt time.
With rule
… The teachers of the people shall inſtruct many, and shall be ouerthrovvne through the SvvordSword, through fire, through banishment and extortion, euen vntil the laſt time.
Henrich Bullinger · Of the End of the World and Judgment of our Lord Jesus Christ · Open in the reader
Printed
… Judge, but rather were unsensible of them all, vvere at last slain vvith the svvordsword.
With rule
… Judge, but rather were unsensible of them all, vvere at last slain vvith the svvordsword.
Samuel Clarke · A General Martyrology · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a pin in the fleſh, but vvhat they did againſt God vvas as a ſvvordsword in his bones. Iſal. 42. 1 As with a ſword in my bones mine enemies reproached …
With rule
… a pin in the fleſh, but vvhat they did againſt God vvas as a ſvvordsword in his bones. Iſal. 42. 1 As with a ſword in my bones mine enemies reproached …
Christopher Love · The Zealous Christian Taking Heaven by Holy Violence · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… take them avvay from us vvhen he pleaſeth; He can take them by the SvvordSword, or Peſtilence, or ſome violent ſickneſs, that ſhall make us a terrour to our …
With rule
… take them avvay from us vvhen he pleaſeth; He can take them by the SvvordSword, or Peſtilence, or ſome violent ſickneſs, that ſhall make us a terrour to our …
Owen Stockton · The Best Interest · p. 261 · Open in the reader
Printed
IIII. Yea, all theſe three ſore judgements, SVVORDSWORD, PESTILENCE, and FAMINE, are together threatned or inflicted upon people for theſe provocations following …
With rule
IIII. Yea, all theſe three ſore judgements, SVVORDSWORD, PESTILENCE, and FAMINE, are together threatned or inflicted upon people for theſe provocations following …
Francis Roberts · A Broken Spirit Gods Sacrifices · 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.