Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8051 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wyldewild

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

Puritas changed it: 178 times in 84 works
Consistency: 94.1% (178 of 189)
Reach if approved: ~199 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wild
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 189 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (178 changes in 84 works, 94.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 178)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… whoſe ſtudy, feruencye, ambycion, couetouſnes and deſyre to beare rule: To conclude, by whoſe wyldewild cruelnes, & extreme tyrannye it came to paſſe that (accordynge to the prophecye of Daniell …
With rule
… whoſe ſtudy, feruencye, ambycion, couetouſnes and deſyre to beare rule: To conclude, by whoſe wyldewild cruelnes, & extreme tyrannye it came to paſſe that (accordynge to the prophecye of Daniell …
Henrich Bullinger · Commentary on 2 Thessalonians · Open in the reader
Printed
… terrible and voyde of gentleneſſe, it were muche better for vs that wee were wyldewild beaſtes. Therefore wee muſt ſhewe a willingneſſe to communicate with thoſe to whome God …
With rule
… terrible and voyde of gentleneſſe, it were muche better for vs that wee were wyldewild beaſtes. Therefore wee muſt ſhewe a willingneſſe to communicate with thoſe to whome God …
John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · p. 275 · Open in the reader
Printed
… togyther by couples, their relygyouse loue was than so great, tyll God sent a wyldewild fyre vpon them for that contempt of marryage. Ionnes Maior. libro secundo. Capittulo. 12. & Ioannes …
With rule
… togyther by couples, their relygyouse loue was than so great, tyll God sent a wyldewild fyre vpon them for that contempt of marryage. Ionnes Maior. libro secundo. Capittulo. 12. & Ioannes …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… We are of our ſelues inclined too much to imbrace him, and nothing ſo wyldewild that way as were to be wiſhed. Being therefore ſo ouertractable of our ſelues …
With rule
… We are of our ſelues inclined too much to imbrace him, and nothing ſo wyldewild that way as were to be wiſhed. Being therefore ſo ouertractable of our ſelues …
John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 124 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is it tyme to lament and to wepe ouer vs wicked perſonnes, and blynde, wyldewild, vngracyous people, which treade, puſſhe, ſcratche, rente, byte and eate oure ſelues one amonge …
With rule
… is it tyme to lament and to wepe ouer vs wicked perſonnes, and blynde, wyldewild, vngracyous people, which treade, puſſhe, ſcratche, rente, byte and eate oure ſelues one amonge …
Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader
Printed
… shall healp greatlye. For there is nothinge that so tameth and bringeth vnder the wyldewild and vnrulye lustes of the flesh, as fasting and abstinēce, euen as there is …
With rule
… shall healp greatlye. For there is nothinge that so tameth and bringeth vnder the wyldewild and vnrulye lustes of the flesh, as fasting and abstinēce, euen as there is …
Thomas Becon · A Fruitful Treatise · Open in the reader
Printed
… the hunter. For lyke as an hunter proueth the kynde and nature of euery wyldewild beaſt, commeth priuely after hym, ſeketh out the courſe and habitacion therof, and afterwarde …
With rule
… the hunter. For lyke as an hunter proueth the kynde and nature of euery wyldewild beaſt, commeth priuely after hym, ſeketh out the courſe and habitacion therof, and afterwarde …
Andreas Osiander · Whether a Christian Man Ought to Flee the Plague · Open in the reader
Printed
… his commaundementes, and turne and be cōuerted vnto thy lorde God, & not to runne wyldewild / as the vngodly do, whiche knowe not the benefytes of God, & therfore be vnthankeful …
With rule
… his commaundementes, and turne and be cōuerted vnto thy lorde God, & not to runne wyldewild / as the vngodly do, whiche knowe not the benefytes of God, & therfore be vnthankeful …
William Tyndale · Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier A05548

Printed
WyldeWild beistis to the plane repair
With rule
WyldeWild beistis to the plane repair
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader