The following information is taken from the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue, available online at http://www.dsl.ac.uk/index.html. This is a work in progress.
| Spelling | Number | Dates & headers |
|---|---|---|
| Arbroth | 4 | 1456 (commoun); 1459 (convent); 1466 (borch) a1470 (contemptioun) |
| Arbroyth | 1 | 1526 (bailȝe) |