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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grisell | 1 | 1584 (buth-) |
| Grissall | 1 | 1598 (clip) |
| Grissel | 1 | 1596 (buke-) |
| Grissell | 1 | 1551 (cousinace) |