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 |
|---|---|---|
| Halyrudhous | 8 | 1474 (collar); 1503 (bind, countour, cradill); 1508 (barrowman); 1527 (besidis); 1541 (cuscheon); 1554 (abbot) |
| Halyrudehous | 5 | 1387 (abbay); 1527 (cleth); 1539 (commend); 1626 (allouring, counsalhous) |
| Halierudehous | 1 | 1562 (cheptour) |
| Halierudhous | 1 | 1566 (but) |
| Halirudehous | 1 | 1582 (curie) |
| Halliruydhous | 1 | 1552 (convent) |
| Halyrudhouse | 1 | 1439 (convent) |
| Halyruid hous | 1 | 1618 (brander) |
| Halyruidhous | 1 | 1607 (colloque) |
| Holy rude | 1 | 1537 (abbay) |