seraphin

seraphin (plural seraphins)

1. Alternative form of xeraphim.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛ.ra.pʰiːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.ra.fin]

seraphīn

1. plural of seraph

From Late Latin seraphīm, from Biblical Hebrew שְׂרָפִים (śərāp̄îm, “seraphs, seraphim”).

• IPA^(key): /seɾaˈfin/

seraphin m (plural seraphin or seraphines)

1. seraph
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 55v. col. 2:

     ſeraphĩ eſtaua diuſo del. e auiue .vi. alas caſcuno las dos crubiẽ ſus fazes elas dues crubrien sos piedes e cõ las dues uolaua

     [Seraphin estava diuso d'él. E avive seys alas cascuno. Las dos crubíen sus fazes e las dúes crubríen sos piedes e con las dúes volava.]

     Seraphim stood above Him. They had six wings each. With two they covered their faces and with two their feet and with two they flew.

   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 56r. col. 1.:

     Euelo ami uno de los ſeraphin en ſue mano braſa q̃ con las tenazas p̃ſo del altar etannio ſobre mi boca

     [E veló a mí uno de los seraphin, en sue mano brasa que con las tenazas priso del altar e tannió sobre mi boca.]

     Then one of the seraphim flew to me; in his hand a live coal he had taken from the altar with tongs, and he touched it on my mouth

• Spanish: serafín

• cherubin (“cherub”)