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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fiddes | 4 | 1565-6 (baxter); 1573 (annuellar, decrete); 1599 (bak-water) |