Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8321 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

affraideafraid

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

Puritas changed it: 98 times in 60 works
Consistency: 100% (98 of 98)
Reach if approved: ~103 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: afraid
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 98 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (98 changes in 60 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 98)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… againſt ſinne, ſet forthe moſt euidently in the death of Chriſt, Do tremble & ar affraideafraid, lamenting them ſelues vppon him (and hartely cryeng for mercy) Where as the wicked …
With rule
… againſt ſinne, ſet forthe moſt euidently in the death of Chriſt, Do tremble & ar affraideafraid, lamenting them ſelues vppon him (and hartely cryeng for mercy) Where as the wicked …
John Bradford · A Godly Meditation · Open in the reader
Printed
… nowe ſeeth the gate ſet open and opportunitie offered for ſpeaking, he is not affraideafraid to offende the Gouernour, neither is hee terrified with daunger, that hee doeth craftilie …
With rule
… nowe ſeeth the gate ſet open and opportunitie offered for ſpeaking, he is not affraideafraid to offende the Gouernour, neither is hee terrified with daunger, that hee doeth craftilie …
John Calvin · Commentary on Acts · p. 548 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which neuer offended them: The ioyntes to tremble and ſhake, as if they were affraideafraid of the mindes furie: The feete to ſtampe the guiltleſſe earth, as though there …
With rule
… which neuer offended them: The ioyntes to tremble and ſhake, as if they were affraideafraid of the mindes furie: The feete to ſtampe the guiltleſſe earth, as though there …
John Downame · Four Treatises Dissuading from Four Heinous and Common Sins · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… way give juſt occaſion to break the peace of Gods people. And I am affraideafraid notwithſtanding all that hath been ſaid, there are ſome among us, that I may …
With rule
… way give juſt occaſion to break the peace of Gods people. And I am affraideafraid notwithſtanding all that hath been ſaid, there are ſome among us, that I may …
Walter Cradock · Gospel Liberty · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it not in a chimney, for if you doe, it will make you all affraideafraid. The man went home and did this. The woman came home with all speéde …
With rule
… it not in a chimney, for if you doe, it will make you all affraideafraid. The man went home and did this. The woman came home with all speéde …
George Gifford · Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcrafts · Open in the reader
Printed
… the doaw, into verie bloud: in so much that the poore women were maruellously affraideafraid, and were so bloudie as though they had lien ten yeares in the butchers …
With rule
… the doaw, into verie bloud: in so much that the poore women were maruellously affraideafraid, and were so bloudie as though they had lien ten yeares in the butchers …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · Open in the reader
Printed
9 And thy strong men O Teman shalbe affraideafraid, so that the valiant of the mount of Esau shalbe cut of by slaughter.
With rule
9 And thy strong men O Teman shalbe affraideafraid, so that the valiant of the mount of Esau shalbe cut of by slaughter.
John Rainolds · The Prophecy of Obadiah Opened and Applied · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
To refuse and be affraideafraid to approach, to rescue Rome and Romish Hierarchie and Monarchie in the day of …
With rule
To refuse and be affraideafraid to approach, to rescue Rome and Romish Hierarchie and Monarchie in the day of …
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 143 · 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.