Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8805 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

selffeself

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

Puritas changed it: 108 times in 10 works
Consistency: 100% (108 of 108)
Reach if approved: ~124 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 118 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: 10 places (not counted against it)

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (108 changes in 10 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 108)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſuche men as in theyr prayrs / haue reſpecte to any vertue / proceding of them ſelffeself / thinkinge therby theyr prayrs to be accepted / neuer prayd aright.
With rule
… ſuche men as in theyr prayrs / haue reſpecte to any vertue / proceding of them ſelffeself / thinkinge therby theyr prayrs to be accepted / neuer prayd aright.
John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · p. iiij · Open in the reader
Printed
God ſwearith by him ſelffeself, Gen. xxij c. Exo, xxxij,c. Num. xiiij,c,d. Eſa, xiiij b. xlv …
With rule
God ſwearith by him ſelffeself, Gen. xxij c. Exo, xxxij,c. Num. xiiij,c,d. Eſa, xiiij b. xlv …
Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader
Printed
… and recōpenſed againe but accompted euen as it had bene beſtowed off Chriſt him ſelffeself. But we ought not only to lay our clothe and ſpreade our Table for …
With rule
… and recōpenſed againe but accompted euen as it had bene beſtowed off Chriſt him ſelffeself. But we ought not only to lay our clothe and ſpreade our Table for …
Walter Travers · Declaration of Ecclesiastical Discipline out of the Word of God · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reaſon that thou be ſofte and forgeue. If it be done of malyce and ſelffeself wyll / then with reuengynge thou doeſt but with poderynge in the fyere make the …
With rule
… reaſon that thou be ſofte and forgeue. If it be done of malyce and ſelffeself wyll / then with reuengynge thou doeſt but with poderynge in the fyere make the …
William Tyndale · Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) · Open in the reader
Printed
… and loſe me for thou haſte knyt me together that I maye perceaue my ſelffeself to be made vnredy and diſſolued and ſo maye remēber both of whome I …
With rule
… and loſe me for thou haſte knyt me together that I maye perceaue my ſelffeself to be made vnredy and diſſolued and ſo maye remēber both of whome I …
John Bradford · A Godly Meditation · Open in the reader
Printed
… as the Lord hath conſecratyd our ſowle to gether with the body vnto hym ſelffeself / ſo ſhowlde his glorye appeare in both / as S. Paul ſayth: They do but …
With rule
… as the Lord hath conſecratyd our ſowle to gether with the body vnto hym ſelffeself / ſo ſhowlde his glorye appeare in both / as S. Paul ſayth: They do but …
Henrich Bullinger · Two Epistles · Open in the reader
Printed
… Diuiſ. p. 124. ſeeking to mainteine his logicke in diuiding / and defining / he maketh him ſelffeself pytifull / to all that euer ſaluted that ſcoole. For what an abſurd ſaying is …
With rule
… Diuiſ. p. 124. ſeeking to mainteine his logicke in diuiding / and defining / he maketh him ſelffeself pytifull / to all that euer ſaluted that ſcoole. For what an abſurd ſaying is …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. CXIX · Open in the reader
Printed
… louyng Sauyoure Chriſte Ieſu: If any man will folowe me / lete hime forſake hime ſelffeself and take vp his croſſe and followe me. For whoſo euere will ſaue hys …
With rule
… louyng Sauyoure Chriſte Ieſu: If any man will folowe me / lete hime forſake hime ſelffeself and take vp his croſſe and followe me. For whoſo euere will ſaue hys …
Thomas Becon · An Humble Supplication Unto God for Restoring His Holy Word · 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.