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 |
|---|---|---|
| Forbes | 18 | 1446 (clem); 1473-4 (compositioun); 1482 (college kirk); 1491 (cognitioun); 1506 (bailȝe); 1536 (catioun); 1537 (cassay); 1542 (bustuous); 1552 (assurance); 1579 (brokin); 1594-5 (crounar); 1604 (coft); 1606 (brother); 1616-7 (commissar); 1617 (chop); 1647 (cros-dollar) |
| of Forbes | 3 | 1446 (airschip, betwix, clame) |