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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8713 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

hennehen

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

Puritas changed it
186 times in 102 works
Consistency
100% (186 of 186)
Reach if approved
~195 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: hen
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
186 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (186 changes in 102 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 186)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … will ſhewe the ſame more brieflie and with a plainer example: Thou ſeeſt a hennehen that ſits vpon her egges, firſt ſhe warmes them; and after by the vertue …
    With rule
    … will ſhewe the ſame more brieflie and with a plainer example: Thou ſeeſt a hennehen that ſits vpon her egges, firſt ſhe warmes them; and after by the vertue …

    Francis Trigge · The True Catholic · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Epha, did containe foure cabi, every cabe held foure logi, every logi six common hennehen egges: the whole capacitie would receive 96. egges. And this measure did equalize the Romane …
    With rule
    … Epha, did containe foure cabi, every cabe held foure logi, every logi six common hennehen egges: the whole capacitie would receive 96. egges. And this measure did equalize the Romane …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 169 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … them againe, that haue run ſhamefully away: and hee clucks to them, as a HenneHen doth to her chickens, to gather them vnder the wings of his infinite mercie …
    With rule
    … them againe, that haue run ſhamefully away: and hee clucks to them, as a HenneHen doth to her chickens, to gather them vnder the wings of his infinite mercie …

    Robert Bruce · The Mystery of the Lords Supper · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Stones in the street, will take his part against vs. So long doth the HenneHen clocke her Chickens, as shee takes them to be hers: but if they flie …
    With rule
    … Stones in the street, will take his part against vs. So long doth the HenneHen clocke her Chickens, as shee takes them to be hers: but if they flie …

    Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … ſay / well truſte thou not to that, and care not, & loke whā the roſted hennehen ſhall flye into thy mouth. Truely I ſay not that no man ſhulde laboure …
    With rule
    … ſay / well truſte thou not to that, and care not, & loke whā the roſted hennehen ſhall flye into thy mouth. Truely I ſay not that no man ſhulde laboure …

    Martin Luther · Treatise of Good Works · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … mooueth and helpeth the particular, immediate, and subordinate causes. Therefore the heat of the hennehen doth not make one egge to send forth a hennehen-chicken, another egge a …
    With rule
    … mooueth and helpeth the particular, immediate, and subordinate causes. Therefore the heat of the hennehen doth not make one egge to send forth a hennehen-chicken, another egge a …

    William Perkins · The Damned Art of Witchcraft · p. 76 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Ordinance. When they intend a iourney, they vse diuination with the feet of a HenneHen, to know whether it will be luckie, or no; and as the Wizard shall …
    With rule
    … Ordinance. When they intend a iourney, they vse diuination with the feet of a HenneHen, to know whether it will be luckie, or no; and as the Wizard shall …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 387 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ſo they conſume themſelues to giue light to you; Becauſe they are like a HenneHen, which clocketh her chickens together from the Kite: ſo, they clocke you together from …
    With rule
    … ſo they conſume themſelues to giue light to you; Becauſe they are like a HenneHen, which clocketh her chickens together from the Kite: ſo, they clocke you together from …

    Henry Smith · Sermon on 1 Thessalonians 5 · p. 19 · 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.