Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #7428 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

swoordsword

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 127 times in 42 works
Consistency: 94.7% (127 of 134)
Reach if approved: ~141 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sword
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 134 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (127 changes in 42 works, 94.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 127)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… words: And when he ſaw this (namely when he had ſlain Iames with y^• ſwoordsword) to be acceptable to the Iewes hee proceeded alſo to apprehende Peter, meaning after …
With rule
… words: And when he ſaw this (namely when he had ſlain Iames with y^• ſwoordsword) to be acceptable to the Iewes hee proceeded alſo to apprehende Peter, meaning after …
Henrich Bullinger · The Tragedies of Tyrants Exercised Upon the Church of God · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath ouerthrowen this terrible Giant, and hath cut of his hed with his owne ſwoordsword. Now it may be ſaid that there is no ſwoordsword meter thē Goliath owne …
With rule
… hath ouerthrowen this terrible Giant, and hath cut of his hed with his owne ſwoordsword. Now it may be ſaid that there is no ſwoordsword meter thē Goliath owne …
Martin Luther · Certain Meditations of Perfect Consolation · Open in the reader
Printed
… man Phinees, who ran them both thorow the priuy members with his Iauelin or swoordsword? Was not Sampson brought to a miserable end, his eyes beeing bothe put out …
With rule
… man Phinees, who ran them both thorow the priuy members with his Iauelin or swoordsword? Was not Sampson brought to a miserable end, his eyes beeing bothe put out …
Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Lord is said to make some staye but vntill hee haue whet his swoordsword, Psal, 7, 12. and put on his armor, his helmet and habergion, and cloke of reuenge …
With rule
… the Lord is said to make some staye but vntill hee haue whet his swoordsword, Psal, 7, 12. and put on his armor, his helmet and habergion, and cloke of reuenge …
Andrew Willet · Sermon on Zechariah 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… euer the Philiſtims did from them? For whereas the word of God is the ſwoordsword of our warfare (as Chriſt in his owne perſon hath taught vs, and as …
With rule
… euer the Philiſtims did from them? For whereas the word of God is the ſwoordsword of our warfare (as Chriſt in his owne perſon hath taught vs, and as …
Edmund Bunny · The Coronation of David · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… take nother Target, nor Corselet nor any thing else: and another catch vp his swoordsword, and the third his halberd, & in the meane whyle euery of them want many …
With rule
… take nother Target, nor Corselet nor any thing else: and another catch vp his swoordsword, and the third his halberd, & in the meane whyle euery of them want many …
John Calvin · Sermons on Ephesians · p. 324 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hate the Lord (in ſuch ſort as I haue ſayd) that hee vſe the ſwoordsword that God hath geuen him, in puniſhing their wickedneſſes: For as ſaynt Paule writeth …
With rule
… hate the Lord (in ſuch ſort as I haue ſayd) that hee vſe the ſwoordsword that God hath geuen him, in puniſhing their wickedneſſes: For as ſaynt Paule writeth …
Robert Crowley · Sermon 29 September 1574 · Open in the reader
Printed
… taxes, and ſubſidies, are due vnto them , and to them appertayneth to vſe the ſwoordsword which God hath geuen thē , for the preſeruation aſwell of the countreyes which be …
With rule
… taxes, and ſubſidies, are due vnto them , and to them appertayneth to vſe the ſwoordsword which God hath geuen thē , for the preſeruation aſwell of the countreyes which be …
Theodore Beza · Sum of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

6 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.

An ABC for Laymen A15621

Printed
SwoordSword.
With rule
SwoordSword.
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 145 · Open in the reader

Of the End of the World and Judgment of our Lord Jesus Christ A17215

Printed
… do fight togither. Kingdomes are ouerthrowen, and Cities doo vtterly periſh not onely with SwoordSword and fire, but alſo with continuall Earthquakes and ouerflowings of waters, and with often …
With rule
… do fight togither. Kingdomes are ouerthrowen, and Cities doo vtterly periſh not onely with SwoordSword and fire, but alſo with continuall Earthquakes and ouerflowings of waters, and with often …
Henrich Bullinger · Of the End of the World and Judgment of our Lord Jesus Christ · Open in the reader
Printed
… of men with dreadful terrour. through the wrath of God againſt men, there rageth SwoordSword, fire. hungar and ſiknes. Neuertheleſſe the vngodly acknowledge not the Iuſtice of God, but …
With rule
… of men with dreadful terrour. through the wrath of God againſt men, there rageth SwoordSword, fire. hungar and ſiknes. Neuertheleſſe the vngodly acknowledge not the Iuſtice of God, but …
Henrich Bullinger · Of the End of the World and Judgment of our Lord Jesus Christ · Open in the reader
Printed
… as either the Phariſes or els the Saduces were to be confuted, with the SwoordSword of the Scripture, ſlew their falſe opinions and interpretation. Therfore are they moſte fooliſh …
With rule
… as either the Phariſes or els the Saduces were to be confuted, with the SwoordSword of the Scripture, ſlew their falſe opinions and interpretation. Therfore are they moſte fooliſh …
Henrich Bullinger · Of the End of the World and Judgment of our Lord Jesus Christ · Open in the reader

Sermons on Ephesians A17705

Printed
… that is to wyt, by hauyng the said worde, which wyll serue vs for SwoordSword, Target, and Headpeece▪ as wee shall see in the syrt Chapter. Too bee short …
With rule
… that is to wyt, by hauyng the said worde, which wyll serue vs for SwoordSword, Target, and Headpeece▪ as wee shall see in the syrt Chapter. Too bee short …
John Calvin · Sermons on Ephesians · p. 189 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
SwoordSword.
With rule
SwoordSword.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader