Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8308 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wyndewind

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

Puritas changed it: 259 times in 88 works
Consistency: 98.8% (259 of 262)
Reach if approved: ~275 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wind
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 262 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (259 changes in 88 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 259)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… purſſes: Becauſe that when they tel of good fortune they fede the curious wyth wyndewind and vanitie and drawe forth of thē what ſo euer they wyll after that …
With rule
… purſſes: Becauſe that when they tel of good fortune they fede the curious wyth wyndewind and vanitie and drawe forth of thē what ſo euer they wyll after that …
John Calvin · An Admonition Against Astrology · Open in the reader
Printed
… liquor hee will into it, and he ſhall not get it in, bycauſe the wyndewind beateth it backe, and hindereth the putting of it in. And we may perceyue …
With rule
… liquor hee will into it, and he ſhall not get it in, bycauſe the wyndewind beateth it backe, and hindereth the putting of it in. And we may perceyue …
John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wyth theyr diuerse and straunge learninges, Heb. xiii. Be not led awaye wyth euery wyndewind of vncerteyne doctryne, into wicked errours by the craftye wyles of these Sophisters. Ephe …
With rule
… wyth theyr diuerse and straunge learninges, Heb. xiii. Be not led awaye wyth euery wyndewind of vncerteyne doctryne, into wicked errours by the craftye wyles of these Sophisters. Ephe …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. cxlviii · Open in the reader
Printed
… theyr backes, they are well, nothyng canne hurte them, neither heate, nor colde: nor wyndewind, nor rayne.
With rule
… theyr backes, they are well, nothyng canne hurte them, neither heate, nor colde: nor wyndewind, nor rayne.
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… walked on the water to go to Iesus. But whan he sawe a mighty wyndewind / he was afraide. And whan he beganne to syncke / he cryed / sayeng: Lord saue …
With rule
… walked on the water to go to Iesus. But whan he sawe a mighty wyndewind / he was afraide. And whan he beganne to syncke / he cryed / sayeng: Lord saue …
Thomas Becon · A Comfortable Epistle to Gods Faithful People in England · Open in the reader
Printed
… taiſt, it myght be expelled with a ſwete ſauoure: Yf it were an euell wyndewind, the chambre myghte wyth diligence be made cloſe therfore: Yf it were a cloude …
With rule
… taiſt, it myght be expelled with a ſwete ſauoure: Yf it were an euell wyndewind, the chambre myghte wyth diligence be made cloſe therfore: Yf it were a cloude …
Andreas Osiander · Whether a Christian Man Ought to Flee the Plague · Open in the reader
Printed
… conscience save only fayth and trust in the promyses of God. Fayth sofreth no wyndewind no storme no tempest of adversite or temptaciō / no threatenynges of the lawe / no …
With rule
… conscience save only fayth and trust in the promyses of God. Fayth sofreth no wyndewind no storme no tempest of adversite or temptaciō / no threatenynges of the lawe / no …
William Tyndale · Introduction to the Epistle to the Romans · Open in the reader
Printed
… of God. Thoſe men that do chaunge in ſuch ſorte their fayth, with euery wyndewind that bloweth, do playnly declare that they neuer vnderſtood Ieſus Chriſt very well, when …
With rule
… of God. Thoſe men that do chaunge in ſuch ſorte their fayth, with euery wyndewind that bloweth, do playnly declare that they neuer vnderſtood Ieſus Chriſt very well, when …
Pierre Viret · Christian Instruction and Sum of Doctrine Part 1 · p. 98 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.