Seraskier´ (3 syl.), a name given by the Turks to a general of division, generally a pacha with two or three tails. (Persian, seri asker, “head of the army.”)
... three thousand Moslems perished here,
And sixteen bayonets pierced the seraskier.
Byron, Don Juan, viii. 81 (1824).
Serb, a Servian or native of Servia.
Sereme´nes (4 syl.), brother-in-law of King Sardanapālus, to whom he entrusts his signet-ring to put down the rebellion headed by Arbācês, the Mede, and Belĕsis, the Chaldēan soothsayer. Seremēnês was slain in a battle with the insurgents.—Byron, Sardanapalus (1819).
Sere´na, allured by the mildness of the weather, went into the fields to gather wild flowers for a garland, when she was attacked by the Blatant Beast, who carried her off in its mouth. Her cries attracted to the spot Sir Calidore, who compelled the beast to drop its prey.—Spenser, Faëry Queen, vi. 3 (1596).
Sergis (Sir), the attendant on Irēna. He informs Sir Artegal that Irena is the captive of Grantorto, who has sworn to take her life within ten days, unless some knight will volunteer to be her champion, and in single combat prove her innocent of the crime laid to her charge.—Spenser, Faëry Queen, v. 11 (1596).
Sergius, a Nestorian monk, said to be the same as Boheira, who resided at Bosra, in Syria. This monk, we are told, helped Mahomet in writing the Korân. Some say it was Saïd or Felix Boheira.
Boheira’s name, in the books of Christians, is Sergius.—Masudi, History, 24 (A.D. 956).
Serimner, the wild boar whose lard fed the vast multitude in Einheriar, the hall of Odin. Though fed on daily, the boar never diminished in size. Odin himself gave his own portion of the lard to his two wolves, Geri and Freki.—Scandinavian Mythology. (See [Rusticus’s Pig].)
Seri´na, daughter of Lord Acasto, plighted to Chamont (the brother of Monimia, “the orphan”).—Otway, The Orphan (1680).