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 |
|---|---|---|
| Russell | 7 | 1550 (bosting); 1579 (bulȝeon); 1580 (commissariat); 1591 (cart); 1604 (boll, chanré); 1623 (chapman) |
| Rossale | 1 | 1493 (conduce) |