Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7761 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gyftegift

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

Puritas changed it: 439 times in 108 works
Consistency: 99.7% (439 of 440)
Reach if approved: ~462 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: gift
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 440 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (439 changes in 108 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 439)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… not make propre to vs, and clayme or laye hande on thys treaſure, and gyftegift of God by anye other meane, than by tiue fayth, which faith withoute controuerſy …
With rule
… not make propre to vs, and clayme or laye hande on thys treaſure, and gyftegift of God by anye other meane, than by tiue fayth, which faith withoute controuerſy …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Jeremiah 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Idolatrous Processions / but vnto GOD / from whome alone commeth euery good and perfecte gyftegift / which also is ryche ynoughe for all them that call on hym / and they …
With rule
… and Idolatrous Processions / but vnto GOD / from whome alone commeth euery good and perfecte gyftegift / which also is ryche ynoughe for all them that call on hym / and they …
Thomas Becon · A Comfortable Epistle to Gods Faithful People in England · Open in the reader
Printed
… ye wyll not disdayne ioyfully to accepte & frendely receaue at my hande, as y^• gyftegift of hym, which moost intierly wysshethe well vnto you.
With rule
… ye wyll not disdayne ioyfully to accepte & frendely receaue at my hande, as y^• gyftegift of hym, which moost intierly wysshethe well vnto you.
Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader
Printed
… begynne anone from the tyme of the Emperoure Constantyne the great, because of the gyftegift that is fayned to haue had ben geuen to Pope Syluester, and because of …
With rule
… begynne anone from the tyme of the Emperoure Constantyne the great, because of the gyftegift that is fayned to haue had ben geuen to Pope Syluester, and because of …
Andreas Osiander · The Conjectures of the End of the World · Open in the reader
Printed
… Naye, ꝙ the kynge, it is not for a Cynike to take suche a gyftegift. Thus bothe wayes he shoke hym of, whome he estemed worthy of noo benefyte.
With rule
… Naye, ꝙ the kynge, it is not for a Cynike to take suche a gyftegift. Thus bothe wayes he shoke hym of, whome he estemed worthy of noo benefyte.
Richard Taverner · The Garden of Wisdom · Open in the reader
Printed
… things, which God hath giuen vnto the primitiue Church, the which hath receyued the gyftegift to doe miracles, and in the which the Apoſtles did miraculouſly heale the diſeaſed …
With rule
… things, which God hath giuen vnto the primitiue Church, the which hath receyued the gyftegift to doe miracles, and in the which the Apoſtles did miraculouſly heale the diſeaſed …
Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Goddes lyuely wurde. Ryghte humbly besechynge your excellente grace, to accepte the small gyftegift thereof, as the simple presente of that poore seruaunte of yours, whyche hathe alwayes …
With rule
… of Goddes lyuely wurde. Ryghte humbly besechynge your excellente grace, to accepte the small gyftegift thereof, as the simple presente of that poore seruaunte of yours, whyche hathe alwayes …
John Bale · An Expostulation Against the Blasphemies of a Frantic Papist · Open in the reader
Printed
… true inheritoure of this our realme, boeth by natiuytye, and also by the speciall gyftegift and ordinaunce of GOD. He doth vs rectify in the libertye of the gospell …
With rule
… true inheritoure of this our realme, boeth by natiuytye, and also by the speciall gyftegift and ordinaunce of GOD. He doth vs rectify in the libertye of the gospell …
Hugh Latimer · First Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Introduction to the Epistle to the Romans A14132

Printed
… enclyned to geve Christe vn to vs / with all his mother gyftes of grace. GyfteGift is the wholy goste and his workynge / whom he poureth in to the hertes …
With rule
… enclyned to geve Christe vn to vs / with all his mother gyftes of grace. GyfteGift is the wholy goste and his workynge / whom he poureth in to the hertes …
William Tyndale · Introduction to the Epistle to the Romans · Open in the reader