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On the contrary, the Bessin examples are quite sure.
f. e. Ouistreham ( Oistreham 1086 ), Étréham ( Oesterham 1350?
), Huppain (* Hubbehain ; Hubba's " home "), Surrain ( Surrehain 11th c .), etc.
Another significant example can be found in the Norman onomastics: the widespread surname Lecesne, with variant spellings: Le Cesne, Lesène, Lecène and Cesne.
It comes from Gallo-Romance " the Saxon " > saisne in Old French.
These examples cannot be more recent Anglo-Scandinavian toponyms, because in that case they would have been numerous in the Norman regions ( pays de Caux, Basse-Seine, North-Cotentin ) concerned by these Nordic settlements.
That is not the case, and Bessin does not belong to the pagii that were touched by an important Anglo-Scandinavian immigration.
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