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 |
|---|---|---|
| Leith | 35 | 1480 (clerk); 1482 (cart, daker); 1487 (bailȝe); 1490 (barn); 1496 (chamer); 1497 (cruke); 1502 (calmstane); 1503 (countour); 1506 (bombard); 1507 (chamer); 1508 (bulwerk); 1511 (bryd); 1512 (blok, compas); 1534 (cariage-hors); 1539 (bers); 1540 (custum); 1541 (callicut); 1544 (bers, cariage); 1544-5 (cariage); 1545 (crayar); 1547 (awake); 1551 (chalmer); 1553 (dale); 1553-4 (bra-hede); 1559 (congregatioun); 1559-60 (col-); 1565 (brint, buist); 1591 (ate cake); 1608 (asseging); 1612 (bonet); 1613 (charretit) |
| Leyth | 22 | 1500 (convoy); 1525 (aventure, consent); 1546 (canves); 1552 (blok); 1552-3 (carying); 1553-54 (bulwerk); 1554-5 (clos); 1555 (bere, bylaying); 1556-7 (by); 1561 (child); 1561-2 (cultellar); 1583 (brod); 1584 (charter party); 1591 (commoner); 1592 (bekin); 1594 (bete); 1597 (clenger, conceling); 1598 (amand); 1599 (chalmer) |
| Leithe | 2 | 1567 (bote, convoy) |
| Leitht | 2 | 1439 (commoun); 1555 (bellis) |
| Leytht | 2 | 1491 (culverin); 1593 (clanging) |
| Leythe | 1 | 1494 (comptrollar) |