Old English · proper noun
Romware
Normalised Rōmware
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈroːmˌwɑ.re/
- Syllables
- ˈroːm · ˌwɑ · re (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- romans
Meaning
-
the Romans
Swylċe hē ēac Orcadas þā ēalond, þā wǣron ūt on gārseċġe būtan Brotone, tō Rōmwara rīċe ġeþēodde.
Likewise, he also added the islands of Orkney, which were out on the sea beyond Britain, to the Roman Empire.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Rōm (“Rome”) + -ware.
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