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 |
|---|---|---|
| Walter | 35 | 1464 (dale); 1471 (cumming); 1473-4 (conquest); 1474 (annexatioun); 1478 (compromit); 1483 (compt); 1498 (brase); 1512 (almosar, cradill); 1515 (conform); 1516 (compulsioun); 1521 (culrach); 1538 (copy); 1539 (crop); 1554 (allegeance); 1554-5 (answer); 1560 (complet); 1562 (chalmer cheld); 1564 (compromit); 1569 (batoun, dag); 1578 (calsay-makar); 1578-9 (clannit); 1588 (commissionar, compaignon); 1596 (boull); 1600 (allacay); 1606 (cummer); 1617-8 (clenger); 1628 (bost); 1634 (bost); 1643 (collig); 1645 (capitane); 1648 (agate, associat) |
| Waltir | 5 | 1474 (astrenȝe, bind); 1527 (copper); 1573 (cultellar); 1582 (bow brig) |
| Wat | 4 | 1438 (bathe); 1443 (awand, conjunctioun); 1496 (croun) |
| Valter | 2 | 1420 (apperand); 1644 (clod) |
| Walterus [1] | 2 | 1453 (cuke); 1511 (cruke) |
| Water | 2 | 1395 (bischop); 1434 (atour) |
| Galter | 1 | 1537 (cistercien) |
| Waltar | 1 | 1591 (convict) |
| Watter | 1 | 1545 (assignatioun) |
| Wattir | 1 | 1574 (bere) |
[1] This citation came from a Latin-language document.