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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spetele | 1 | 1511-2 (clething) |
| Spittaill | 1 | 1519 (baillie) |
| Spittale | 1 | 1545 (adjune) |
| Spittall | 1 | 1533 (chapell graith) |
| Spittell | 1 | 1630 (convene) |