Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7708 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

afraydeafraid

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 523 times in 143 works
Consistency: 100% (523 of 523)
Reach if approved: ~550 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: afraid
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 523 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (523 changes in 143 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 523)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Vsurie, thā there be trickes at cardes, I cannot recken halfe, and I am afraydeafraid to shew you all, least I should teach you to be Vsurers, while I …
With rule
… Vsurie, thā there be trickes at cardes, I cannot recken halfe, and I am afraydeafraid to shew you all, least I should teach you to be Vsurers, while I …
Henry Smith · The Examination of Usury · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſt, and bée not afraydeafraid of death. To whom hée aunſwered: I am not afraydeafraid: then lift hée vp his handes to heauen, and ſaide: Lorde, Lorde, Lorde, receiue …
With rule
… Chriſt, and bée not afraydeafraid of death. To whom hée aunſwered: I am not afraydeafraid: then lift hée vp his handes to heauen, and ſaide: Lorde, Lorde, Lorde, receiue …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 136 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and all together that you deſire. But the backes, cattes and birdes are not afraydeafraid of hym in the churche. Therfore, as Baruch ſayeth, he is no God. But …
With rule
… and all together that you deſire. But the backes, cattes and birdes are not afraydeafraid of hym in the churche. Therfore, as Baruch ſayeth, he is no God. But …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. lv · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnto the feare not / for it is I that ſhal helpe the / be not afraydeafraid my litle ſeruaūte Iacob / feare not poore diſpyſed Iſrael / for I ſhal helpe the …
With rule
… vnto the feare not / for it is I that ſhal helpe the / be not afraydeafraid my litle ſeruaūte Iacob / feare not poore diſpyſed Iſrael / for I ſhal helpe the …
John Johnsone · An Comfortable Exhortation · Open in the reader
Printed
… it, and nowe agayne ſaye it? Is your Church holy. Vvhy is the then afraydeafraid for a Coūſayll? Vvhat nedeth ſhe a reformation or Counſayll? hath ſhe nede of …
With rule
… it, and nowe agayne ſaye it? Is your Church holy. Vvhy is the then afraydeafraid for a Coūſayll? Vvhat nedeth ſhe a reformation or Counſayll? hath ſhe nede of …
Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader
Printed
… our Sauiour Christ. But if any man through the infirmitie of hys fleshe be afraydeafraid of that day: let hym print deepely in his mind the wordes of Christ …
With rule
… our Sauiour Christ. But if any man through the infirmitie of hys fleshe be afraydeafraid of that day: let hym print deepely in his mind the wordes of Christ …
Martin Luther · Sermon Concerning the Coming of our Savior · Open in the reader
Printed
… afraydeafraid of these matters. Therefore they may go shooe the goose, and make children afraydeafraid with that, which they bring forth out of the third Councel of Carthago, and …
With rule
… afraydeafraid of these matters. Therefore they may go shooe the goose, and make children afraydeafraid with that, which they bring forth out of the third Councel of Carthago, and …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Thy whole desire is to fil thy coffers, & to heape vp wealth, thou art afraydeafraid least thou shalt become poore, therfore thou greedely buyest thee Prognostications, and cōtinually searchest …
With rule
… Thy whole desire is to fil thy coffers, & to heape vp wealth, thou art afraydeafraid least thou shalt become poore, therfore thou greedely buyest thee Prognostications, and cōtinually searchest …
William Perkins · Four Great Liars Striving · 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.