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 |
|---|---|---|
| Schaw | 9 | 1478 (allege); 1488 (bridil-); 1489 (cuke, currour); 1491 (continue); 1516 (bailȝe, cieté, cietenar); 1586 (cachepeller) |
| Shawe | 1 | 1629 (contentatioun) |