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romig

Pronunciation: /ˈroː.mij/

“romig” is an Old English word. Its meaning in English:

adjective

  1. blackened, sooty

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rāmag (“dirty, dark”), from Proto-Germanic *rēmaz, *rēmiz (“dirt, soot”). Cognate with Old High German rāmag (“dirty, dark, black”).

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