The following information is taken from the Dictionary of the Older Scots Tongue, available online at http://www.dsl.ac.uk/index.html. This is a work in progress.
| Spelling | Number | Dates & headers |
|---|---|---|
| Cant | 6 | 1474 (cristigray); 1493 (custom); 1554-5 (answer); 1561 (admiralschip, capitane); 1617 (body) |