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▪ I. † happer, v.1 Obs. rare—1.
[Cf. MDu. haperen to hesitate, stutter (Kilian), Ger. hapern to stick, stop: see Grimm.]
intr. ? To stutter.
1519W. Horman Vulg. 75 A foule anger: in the whyche the mouthe foometh: the nostrellys droppethe: and the tonge happarthe.
▪ II. † happer, v.2 Obs. or dial.
[In quot. 1587, app. freq. of hap, hop v.; in the s.w. dial. use perh. a different word.]
intr. (See quots.)
1587Harmer tr. Beza's Serm. xix. 242 A new swarme of locusts..to happer and swarme throughout the worlde [pour formillier parmi le monde]. 1847–78Halliwell, Happer, to crackle; to patter. West. 1888Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk., Happery, v.i. and adj., snap or crackle.
▪ III. happer
Sc. form of hopper n. |