Romware

• Rom-ware, Rom-wæren

Inherited from Old English Rōmware pl; by surface analysis, Rome (“Rome”) +‎ -ware (“inhabitants”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈroːmˌwaːr(ə)/
• (Early Middle English) IPA^(key): /ˈroːmˌwarə/

Romware pl

1. (Early Middle English, rare) The citizens of Rome; the Romans.

• “Rōm-ware, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Rōm (“Rome”) +‎ -ware.

• IPA^(key): /ˈroːmˌwɑ.re/

Rōmware m pl

1. the Romans
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     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.

Weak:

• Rōmane

• Middle English: Romware, Rom-ware, Rom-wæren