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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orknay | 14 | 1480 (bound); 1527 (borow-land); 1539 (bischop); 1544 (chet); 1578 (chantorie); 1581 (creat); 1587 (chantorie); 1588 (comptar); 1609 (cost); 1614 (bissy); 1615 (chefely); 1636 (busche, creik); 1642 (blench) |
| Orkney | 5 | 1527 (cresch); 1575 (bere-pundlar); 1614 (chalmerlane); 1615 (bischoprie, bull) |
| Orcadie | 1 | 1554 (apostolik) |