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 |
|---|---|---|
| Betoun | 6 | 1507 (arrage); 1545 (collatioun); 1551 (cousinace); 1587 (browdister); 1588 (broderar); 1592 (browd-); 1595 (browd-) |
| Beatoun | 1 | 1636 (baston) |
| Betoune | 1 | 1562 (broder) |