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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ros | 12 | 1547 (cut); 1548-9 (bardrie); 1553 (chape); 1573 (chimnay, clous); 1580 (cutting); 1584 (chenȝe); 1585 (cran); 1596 (clenge, comodé); 1605 (bukket, commissionar) |
| Ross | 5 | 1516 (ambassat); 1561-2 (cultellar); 1572 (adjornal); 1580 (benysoun); 1641 (credit) |
| of Ross | 2 | 1399 (chapellane); 1488 (carrik) |