Old English Dictionary Entry

Róm-waran

Part of speech: -ware;

Definitions

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1 Róm-waran

pl. The people of Rome, the Romans :-- Hú ungemetlíce gé Rómware bemurciaþ, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 17. Rómwara sundorriht jus Quiritum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 11. Se ǽrra Rómwara cásere Julius, Bd. 1, 2; S. 475, 2. Rómwara ríce, 1, 3; S. 475, 13. Rómwarena hláford, Elen. Kmbl. 1961; El. 982. Micel sido mid Rómwarum, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 96, 2. [Icel. Róm-, Rúm-verjar.] rom-waran

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Runic Inscription

ᚱᚩᛗ-ᚹᚪᚱᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
El.: Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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