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 |
|---|---|---|
| Blair | 4 | 1520 (baillie); 1595 (col-man); 1610 (anger); 1614 (burd-) |
| Blare | 4 | 1472 (assigna); 1473-4 (annuel, confirmatioun); 1517 (conjunct) |
| Blar | 1 | 1474 (borch) |