The following information is taken from the Dictionary of the Older Scots Tongue, available online at http://www.dsl.ac.uk/index.html. This is a work in progress.
| Spelling | Number | Dates & headers |
|---|---|---|
| fidlair | 1 | 1603 (bud-takar) |
| Fidlar | 1 | 1488 (borch) |
| Fidler | 1 | 1597 (cantrip) |