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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wemis | 2 | 1506 (burd); 1571-2 (allanerly) |
| of Wemis | 2 | 1491 (as); 1507 (assigna) |
| of Wemys | 2 | c1400 (accordance); 1445 (cosing) |
| Wemys | 1 | 1557 (caterve) |