Meaning:
birches, birch trees
Lambessow (EN) / Nansbesow (KW)
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Notes:
Topographically speaking, the agreed form is the more likely. There are examples of <nans> to <lann> occuring far more often than the opposite; as early as the 11th C.
Elements notes:
<nans> valley + <besow> birch trees
Historic forms:
Lambedou c.1200
Lambetho 1298
Lanbedou 1302
Lambedou1327
Lambedou 1328
Lambedou 1338
Lambesouwe 1353
Lambesou 1399