cherubin (s.xii1)
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cherubin (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  cherub 2/i,635a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  cherubin 9,71b TL: cerubin 2,136 DEAF:  cerubin  DMF:  chérubin  TLF:  chérubin  OED:  cherub n.  MED:  cherubin n.  DMLBS:  cherub 326c
cherubim,  cherubym,  cherubyn, 
pl. cherubyne  

While usually a singular noun, the word derives from a plural form in Hebrew and is sometimes also in Anglo-Norman used as such (cf. the Mandeville citation).

s.

1theol.cherub, cherubim, (angel of) the second-highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy (sometimes used a personal name for such an angel): 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  E muntat sur cherubin (Latin: super cherub) e volat  23.XVII.10
( s.xiii1; MS: a.1254 )  A parays irrés; A l’angle Cherubym dyrez […]  58
( c.1285; MS: c.1297 )  ces treys manere de genz [...] Li premier resemblent seraphin, ke sunt pleines des delices Deu. Li secund resemblent cherubin, li tierz resemblent thrones, en qui Deus devise le governement del monde  82
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  lui angle q’est apellé Cherubyn fut mys ové l'espee ardant pour garder la voie par quele Adam fu engetu de Paradys  4.1
♦ decor. representation of a cherub: 
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  et un autier d'or, et .iiij. leons d'or sur lesqueux il y avoit .iiij. cherubyne d'or de .xij. palmes de long  203
( 1423 )  .i. lite de cherubyns de bald’ d’or  iv 235

a.?

1theol.of the cherubim: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  la espee cherubin ke pent devant la porte de Paradis  121.19
cherubiner 
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