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Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumbria, from the Old Norse personal name Blesi, a byname from blesi (“blaze, white spot”), + dalr (“valley”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumbria, from the Old Norse personal name Blesi, a byname from blesi (“blaze, white spot”), + dalr (“valley”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.