Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6851 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

duldull

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 235 times in 153 works
Consistency: 96.7% (235 of 243)
Reach if approved: ~255 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: dul
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 243 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (235 changes in 153 works, 96.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 235)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… knowe… not, that is, thou vnderſtandeſt not, thou perceiueſt it not: we are ſo duldull and ſo ſluggiſh, that after we haue ſene things done, it is lōg before …
With rule
… knowe… not, that is, thou vnderſtandeſt not, thou perceiueſt it not: we are ſo duldull and ſo ſluggiſh, that after we haue ſene things done, it is lōg before …
Ulrich Zwingli · The Death Resurrection and Ascension of Christ · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… made more blinde: he sheweth forth doctrine, but that thei may be made more duldull: he layeth to thē a remedie, but not that thei may be healed. And …
With rule
… made more blinde: he sheweth forth doctrine, but that thei may be made more duldull: he layeth to thē a remedie, but not that thei may be healed. And …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
… time had oft tolde them afore, of his reſurrection, but their mind was ſo duldull, that they vnderſtood it not, neither perceiued they that great myſterie. The reſurrection of …
With rule
… time had oft tolde them afore, of his reſurrection, but their mind was ſo duldull, that they vnderſtood it not, neither perceiued they that great myſterie. The reſurrection of …
Miles Coverdale · Fruitful Lessons Upon the Passion Burial Resurrection Ascension · Open in the reader
Printed
Then ſhe rouſeth vp her duldull & h…auy ſpirits praying him, not alone, and by himſelfe apart to ſpend his …
With rule
Then ſhe rouſeth vp her duldull & h…auy ſpirits praying him, not alone, and by himſelfe apart to ſpend his …
Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… altogither like vnto a beaſt, yea, rather worſe thā a beaſt, for behold y^e duldull ore he knoweth his owner, & the ſimple Aſſe he knoweth his maſters crib: but …
With rule
… altogither like vnto a beaſt, yea, rather worſe thā a beaſt, for behold y^e duldull ore he knoweth his owner, & the ſimple Aſſe he knoweth his maſters crib: but …
Andrew Kingsmill · A View of Mans Estate · Open in the reader
Printed
… a man die quietly, and goe away like a lambe (which in Conſumptions and duldull diſeaſes, all men doe) then ſure hee goes to Heauen. But if he die …
With rule
… a man die quietly, and goe away like a lambe (which in Conſumptions and duldull diſeaſes, all men doe) then ſure hee goes to Heauen. But if he die …
Henry Montagu · Contemplating Mortality and Immortality · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
… called. The other calling is of leſſe force, & efficacie, becauſe men are deafe, and duldull, ſuch as wil not heare, nor vnderſtande. Of this kinde of calling doth the …
With rule
… called. The other calling is of leſſe force, & efficacie, becauſe men are deafe, and duldull, ſuch as wil not heare, nor vnderſtande. Of this kinde of calling doth the …
Thomas Sampson · The Church and Certain Ceremonies · Open in the reader
Printed
… caringe and put our truſt in our father. But Mammon hathe made vs ſo duldull and ſo clene with out capacyte that no exſample or argumente be if neuer …
With rule
… caringe and put our truſt in our father. But Mammon hathe made vs ſo duldull and ſo clene with out capacyte that no exſample or argumente be if neuer …
William Tyndale · Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
DulDull o… hearing. sig:
With rule
DulDull o… hearing. sig:
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 217 · Open in the reader

The Sifters Sieve Broken A42657

Printed
… and run on in a childiſh deſcant, unworthy of paper; when any but a DulDull-man may ſee plainly enough, what I mean by (in this circumſtance) that is …
With rule
… and run on in a childiſh deſcant, unworthy of paper; when any but a DulDull-man may ſee plainly enough, what I mean by (in this circumſtance) that is …
John Geree · The Sifters Sieve Broken · p. 27 · Open in the reader