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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ȝetland | 4 | 1525 (de); 1576 (by); 1581 (connex); 1587 (archidenry) |
| Schetland | 1 | 1480 (bound) |