mayhappen

[ mey-hap-uh n ]

/ ˌmeɪˈhæp ən /

perhaps; mayhap.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1520–30; short for it may happen

Nay, who knows, if thou'rt a good girl, but mayhappen I may make thee my lady's maid!
Mary Barton|Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Ah, art thou, mayhappen, a traitor and a liar like to those former kin of thine?
The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga)|Anonymous
But she said: Mayhappen we shall lie together then, as here to-night we shall lie.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles|William Morris
So she said: Mayhappen he hath gone back to the Castle of the Quest?
The Water of the Wondrous Isles|William Morris

Said the mother: Yea, mayhappen, yet but as a bird with a string to its leg.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles|William Morris