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 |
|---|---|---|
| Reid | 8 | 1558 (commounis); 1574 (contumaxit); 1586 (biggar); 1597 (calland); 1599 (dale); 1627 (caber, casay); 1645 (counsellar) |
| Rede | 2 | 1439 (commissar); 1489 (borch) |
| Red | 1 | 1457 (beltane) |
| Reyd | 1 | 1537 (chancelar) |