seraphin

seraphin (plural seraphins)

1. Alternative form of xeraphim

From Koine Greek σεραφίν (seraphín).

seraphīn m (indeclinable)

1. Alternative spelling of seraphīm

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

• IPA^(key): /seɾaˈfin/

seraphin m (plural seraphin or seraphines)

1. seraph
   • c1200: 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

     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.

   • Idem, 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

     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”)