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 |
|---|---|---|
| Melrose | 6 | 1490 (brandreth); 1569 (brother); 1606 (buth); 1607 (bailliery); 1609 (condemne); 1643 (challender) |
| Melros | 2 | 1510 (compeditour); 1562 (bannok) |
| Meuros | 1 | 1389 (abbot) |