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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8670 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

culdculled

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

Puritas changed it
107 times in 40 works
Consistency
98.1% (107 of 109)
Reach if approved
~115 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: could
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
109 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (107 changes in 40 works, 98.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 107)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … in Cana of Galilee, had ſome married Apoſtles, and commanded all to marry that culdculled not liue chaſt: The Pope forbiddeth his Clargie to marie, though they were never …
    With rule
    … in Cana of Galilee, had ſome married Apoſtles, and commanded all to marry that culdculled not liue chaſt: The Pope forbiddeth his Clargie to marie, though they were never …

    John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 44 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Plato were infideles and made good polytike lawes for the comon welthe ergo they culdculled alſo make good and godly and neceſſari doctrines for Chriſtis chirche / Your argument foloweth …
    With rule
    … Plato were infideles and made good polytike lawes for the comon welthe ergo they culdculled alſo make good and godly and neceſſari doctrines for Chriſtis chirche / Your argument foloweth …

    William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Man culdculled find na remedie
    With rule
    Man culdculled find na remedie

    John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 138 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … propoſed, is nomen ſpeciei, non indiuidui, a name that imports not any particular virtue, culdculled out from all others, but all virtues of the ſame ſort, or kinde.
    With rule
    … propoſed, is nomen ſpeciei, non indiuidui, a name that imports not any particular virtue, culdculled out from all others, but all virtues of the ſame ſort, or kinde.

    Cornelius Burges · A Chain of Graces Drawn Out for Reformation of Manners · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … who cannot judge of true intellectual beauty: but if they had our eyes, they culdculled not but be ravished with admiration of the same. And men truly wise, have …
    With rule
    … who cannot judge of true intellectual beauty: but if they had our eyes, they culdculled not but be ravished with admiration of the same. And men truly wise, have …

    Richard Younge · An Infallible Way to Fare Well · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    For the Text that I have culdculled out of this Pſalm, we ſhall examine the coherence, and then the words themſelves.
    With rule
    For the Text that I have culdculled out of this Pſalm, we ſhall examine the coherence, and then the words themſelves.

    Robert Dingley · A Sincere Believer Comforted and Encouraged · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … betuix the rycht vnderſtanding of the Text of the Scripture and the wrang, that culdculled nocht iudge perfytlie on the tranſlatione of the text. For than God had appoyntit …
    With rule
    … betuix the rycht vnderſtanding of the Text of the Scripture and the wrang, that culdculled nocht iudge perfytlie on the tranſlatione of the text. For than God had appoyntit …

    John Davidson · Answer to the Tractive by Master Kennedy · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ye ſoutherne language, alterand ye vers and collouris yairof, in ſic placis, as yai culdculled admit na alteratioun: quhairfoir ye natiue grace, and firſt mynd of ye wryter, is …
    With rule
    … ye ſoutherne language, alterand ye vers and collouris yairof, in ſic placis, as yai culdculled admit na alteratioun: quhairfoir ye natiue grace, and firſt mynd of ye wryter, is …

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 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.

Works A05537

  • Printed
    CuldCulled Iuge ane man that he had bene.
    With rule
    CuldCulled Iuge ane man that he had bene.

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

A Satire of the Three Estates A72573

  • Printed
    CuldCulled nocht compleis the peopill all▪
    With rule
    CuldCulled nocht compleis the peopill all▪

    David Lindsay · A Satire of the Three Estates · p. 80 · Open in the reader