α. Middle English pesan, Middle English pesane, Middle English pesawe (transmission error), Middle English pesayn, Middle English pesayne, Middle English pesen, Middle English peseyn, Middle English peson, Middle English pesyn, Middle English peyzen, Middle English pisan, Middle English piscern (transmission error), Middle English pisone, Middle English pusane, Middle English pusayne, Middle English pusen, Middle English pysan, Middle English pysane, Middle English pysayne, Middle English pyson, 1900s– pisane; also Scottish pre-1700 peissane, pre-1700 pesan, pre-1700 pesane, pre-1700 pesaune, pre-1700 pissan, pre-1700 pissane, pre-1700 pissen, pre-1700 pysand, pre-1700 pysane, pre-1700 pyssan, pre-1700 pyssane; N.E.D. (1907) also records a form Middle English puisane.
β. late Middle English peyssant; Scottish pre-1700 pissand, pre-1700 pissant.