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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8491 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gyuinggiving

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

Puritas changed it
73 times in 31 works
Consistency
98.6% (73 of 74)
Reach if approved
~78 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: gyving
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
74 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (73 changes in 31 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 73)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … prestes be honored as fathers, and laye men coūt thē selues as theyr chyldren, gyuinggiving them reuerence and double honour as the scripture commaūdeth. Thā shulde Gods worde florysh …
    With rule
    … prestes be honored as fathers, and laye men coūt thē selues as theyr chyldren, gyuinggiving them reuerence and double honour as the scripture commaūdeth. Thā shulde Gods worde florysh …

    Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · p. lxxxiii · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … and bytter stryfe, in so moche that at lenght the mater came to strokes gyuinggiving, ye one stiffely affirming that the asses shadow was not hyred, the other as …
    With rule
    … and bytter stryfe, in so moche that at lenght the mater came to strokes gyuinggiving, ye one stiffely affirming that the asses shadow was not hyred, the other as …

    Richard Taverner · The Garden of Wisdom Book 2 · p. 38 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … or take thought for it. For they doe take the offence wythout any man gyuinggiving it them, and are an offence vnto themſelues, and cannot heare the truth wythout …
    With rule
    … or take thought for it. For they doe take the offence wythout any man gyuinggiving it them, and are an offence vnto themſelues, and cannot heare the truth wythout …

    Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    EYght, I beleue that in the holy Supper of thākes gyuinggiving the very body of Chriſt is preſent wyth the eye, contemplacion and beholdyng of …
    With rule
    EYght, I beleue that in the holy Supper of thākes gyuinggiving the very body of Chriſt is preſent wyth the eye, contemplacion and beholdyng of …

    Ulrich Zwingli · The Account Reckoning and Confession of Faith · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … our practizes and attempts to effect: I ſay although wee might haue aduauntage by gyuinggiving head to our paſsions: yet were it but a prouoking of Gods wrath, ſeing …
    With rule
    … our practizes and attempts to effect: I ſay although wee might haue aduauntage by gyuinggiving head to our paſsions: yet were it but a prouoking of Gods wrath, ſeing …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … euery one that is preſent, bread, wine, and water, which are by the thankes gyuinggiving conſecrated, to be receyued, and doe carie of the ſame to thoſe that be …
    With rule
    … euery one that is preſent, bread, wine, and water, which are by the thankes gyuinggiving conſecrated, to be receyued, and doe carie of the ſame to thoſe that be …

    Robert Crowley · The Subtle Sophistry of Watsons Sermons before Queen Mary · p. 200 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … him selfe maketh answere, By the byrth of a childe (sayth he) and by gyuinggiving a sonne vnto vs. For vnto vs a childe is borne (sayth he) & vnto …
    With rule
    … him selfe maketh answere, By the byrth of a childe (sayth he) and by gyuinggiving a sonne vnto vs. For vnto vs a childe is borne (sayth he) & vnto …

    John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of them / odious to euerie godly conscience. You say I deceiue the simple by gyuinggiving them one crabbe amongst many apples: but you may behold your best apples such …
    With rule
    … of them / odious to euerie godly conscience. You say I deceiue the simple by gyuinggiving them one crabbe amongst many apples: but you may behold your best apples such …

    John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · p. 50 · 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.

A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 A18080

  • Printed
    … this canon of the Councell of Carthage vvhich I haue ſet downe / was made. GyuingGiving plainly to vnderſtand / that it was to kill the yche off ambition in the …
    With rule
    … this canon of the Councell of Carthage vvhich I haue ſet downe / was made. GyuingGiving plainly to vnderſtand / that it was to kill the yche off ambition in the …

    Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. CCCCXCIX · Open in the reader