Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8548 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

saingsaying

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

Puritas changed it: 145 times in 44 works
Consistency: 93.5% (145 of 155)
Reach if approved: ~163 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: saying
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 155 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (145 changes in 44 works, 93.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 145)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… feeling of the spirite,) we begin to fight and conflict with our own consciences saingsaying; though I must pray, I must haue time also to prouide for my familie …
With rule
… feeling of the spirite,) we begin to fight and conflict with our own consciences saingsaying; though I must pray, I must haue time also to prouide for my familie …
Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnto this / ſhal I puniſſhe ſaith the Lord of hoſtes / with theſame agreeth Amos ſaingsaying: The eyes of the Lord are vpon euery ſinfull nation, to roote it out …
With rule
… vnto this / ſhal I puniſſhe ſaith the Lord of hoſtes / with theſame agreeth Amos ſaingsaying: The eyes of the Lord are vpon euery ſinfull nation, to roote it out …
John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader
Printed
… head agen which thing y^e aungel y^e interpretor of y^e vision clerely teacheth vs saingsaying. The beast whō thou sawest, was & is not, & shal ascende out of the depe …
With rule
… head agen which thing y^e aungel y^e interpretor of y^e vision clerely teacheth vs saingsaying. The beast whō thou sawest, was & is not, & shal ascende out of the depe …
Andreas Osiander · The Conjectures of the End of the World · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be s…atred amōg the gen…yls as Christe answering, comfirmed hir meaning saingsaying: O woman grete is thy faithe. He sayd not, thou arte a grete eater …
With rule
… to be s…atred amōg the gen…yls as Christe answering, comfirmed hir meaning saingsaying: O woman grete is thy faithe. He sayd not, thou arte a grete eater …
William Tyndale · The Supper of the Lord · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is to the prayſe of goddes glorye and grace, the Apoſtle ſheweth here, in ſaingsaying: we are predeſtinate to be holy and without blame before god &c: in ſaying …
With rule
… is to the prayſe of goddes glorye and grace, the Apoſtle ſheweth here, in ſaingsaying: we are predeſtinate to be holy and without blame before god &c: in ſaying …
John Bradford · Godly Meditations Upon the Lords Prayer · Open in the reader
Printed
… rigteousnesse, deliuerance, life and saluation in him: as we be taught by that notable saingsaying of Peter, that ther is none other name vnder heauen geuen to men wher …
With rule
… rigteousnesse, deliuerance, life and saluation in him: as we be taught by that notable saingsaying of Peter, that ther is none other name vnder heauen geuen to men wher …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
… and the ſign and the wonder which he hath told thee com to paſſe, ſaingsaying, let vs go after other Gods, which thou haſt not know on & let vs …
With rule
… and the ſign and the wonder which he hath told thee com to paſſe, ſaingsaying, let vs go after other Gods, which thou haſt not know on & let vs …
John Darrell · Narration of the Strange and Grievous Vexation by the Devil · Open in the reader
Printed
2. But as touching the accommodation of this diſtinction unto thy ſelfe, ſaingsaying thou art under Gods generall love not under his ſpeciall: I pray the tell …
With rule
2. But as touching the accommodation of this diſtinction unto thy ſelfe, ſaingsaying thou art under Gods generall love not under his ſpeciall: I pray the tell …
William Twisse · The Riches of Gods Love · p. 269 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 are listed here. 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist A04920

Printed
… that gods counsell and purpose changeth, as man doeth, …ighteth and preuailleth the Prophete, SaingSaying: My cogitations are not your cogitations, neither are your waies my wayes (saieth the …
With rule
… that gods counsell and purpose changeth, as man doeth, …ighteth and preuailleth the Prophete, SaingSaying: My cogitations are not your cogitations, neither are your waies my wayes (saieth the …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his elect? For that is his conclusion which he collected vpon the former partes, SaingSaying, I shall bear, and I shall d…lyuer. And why? because I haue born …
With rule
… his elect? For that is his conclusion which he collected vpon the former partes, SaingSaying, I shall bear, and I shall d…lyuer. And why? because I haue born …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Apostle, calling man to the cōsideration of him self in the same ma…er, SaingSaying, O man …hat art thow that thow maest answer in cōtrarie to God? that …
With rule
… Apostle, calling man to the cōsideration of him self in the same ma…er, SaingSaying, O man …hat art thow that thow maest answer in cōtrarie to God? that …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of their reprobation. For Christ him self feareth not to assigne an other cause: SaingSaying, Therefor ye do not heare, because ye are not of God. If they had …
With rule
… of their reprobation. For Christ him self feareth not to assigne an other cause: SaingSaying, Therefor ye do not heare, because ye are not of God. If they had …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… treasure of his riche mercies which are kept in Christ Iesus for his elect: SaingSaying, the Lord is nigh to all that vpon him, to all that call vpon …
With rule
… treasure of his riche mercies which are kept in Christ Iesus for his elect: SaingSaying, the Lord is nigh to all that vpon him, to all that call vpon …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 70 · Open in the reader