mayhappen

American  

[mey-hap-uhn] / ˌmeɪˈhæp ən /

adverb

Archaic.

1. perhaps; mayhap.

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Etymology

Origin of mayhappen

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

Example Sentences

"If I'd kenned you were shooting, mayhappen we could have put off loading the peat."

From The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" by Bindloss, Harold

Said the mother: Yea, mayhappen, yet but as a bird with a string to its leg. 

From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by Morris, William

So Sigurd proved the sword, and brake it even as the first; then he said to Regin— "Ah, art thou, mayhappen, a traitor and a liar like to those former kin of thine?"

From The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda by Morris, William

If they were to see me in company of a man-at-arms they would deem that I was bringing the foe upon them, and would flee, or mayhappen would fall upon us. 

From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by Morris, William

Albeit thou art a young man and hast ridden far to-day belike, and mayhappen thou wilt not be able to endure it: so it may be well to bring thee out of this throng straightway.

From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William