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 |
|---|---|---|
| Keir | 4 | 1542 (brostar); 1562 (brute); 1569 (alteratioun); 1619 (childbedlair) |