mayhappenadv.

Brit.

/meɪˈhap(ə)n/, U.S.

/meɪˈhæp(ə)n/

Forms: 1500s may happen, 1800s mappen (Scottish); English regional 1800s– m'appen, 1800s– m'appn, 1800s– mayhappen, 1800s– may-'oppen, 1800s– me-happen, 1800s– m'happen.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: English it may happen.

Etymology: Shortened < it may happen < it pron. + may v.¹ + happen v. Compare maybe adv., mayhap adv., happen adv.Recorded in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. from northern, midland, and south-eastern English counties. Not recorded in dictionaries of Scots, although compare quots. 1805, a1820.

Now archaic and British regional.

= mayhap adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adverb] > perhaps

is wenc897

wen isc897

peradventurec1300

peradventurec1325

perchancec1350

uphapa1375

percasea1393

lightly1395

in casea1398

maybea1400

may chancea1400

may-falla1400

may-fortunea1400

may-tidea1400

perhapa1464

happen1487

perhapsc1520

percase1523

ablea1525

by chance1526

mayhap1533

fortunea1535

belikelya1551

haps1570

mayhappen1577

perhappen1578

possibly1600

not impossibly1667

ables1673

aunters1673

aiblins1720

p'rapsa1745

aunterens1825

mebbe1825

yes-no1898

yimkin1925

ja-nee1937

1577 H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture (new ed.) sig. D.viii Another tyme may happen he, may doe as much for thee.

1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 53 ‘Dunnet gowl, Nan!’ says I, ‘For, mappen, er lang, I's be maister mysel.’

a1820 R. Anderson Carel Fair in Poet. Wks. (1820) II. 166 Just swat down, and lissen my sang: I'll mappen affword some divarsion, An tell ye how monie things gang.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. ix. 180 May-happen he'll be a ready-made fool.

1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. x. 178 Let us..flee; if yet mayhappen we may 'scape our evil day.

1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 187/2 Aye well, may'appen it is. Dunt matter thoff, do it?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mayhappen
释义	mayhappenadv. Brit. /meɪˈhap(ə)n/, U.S. /meɪˈhæp(ə)n/ Forms: 1500s may happen, 1800s mappen (Scottish); English regional 1800s– m'appen, 1800s– m'appn, 1800s– mayhappen, 1800s– may-'oppen, 1800s– me-happen, 1800s– m'happen. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: English it may happen. Etymology: Shortened < it may happen < it pron. + may v.¹ + happen v. Compare maybe adv., mayhap adv., happen adv.Recorded in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. from northern, midland, and south-eastern English counties. Not recorded in dictionaries of Scots, although compare quots. 1805, a1820. Now archaic and British regional. = mayhap adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adverb] > perhaps is wenc897 wen isc897 peradventurec1300 peradventurec1325 perchancec1350 uphapa1375 percasea1393 lightly1395 in casea1398 maybea1400 may chancea1400 may-falla1400 may-fortunea1400 may-tidea1400 perhapa1464 happen1487 perhapsc1520 percase1523 ablea1525 by chance1526 mayhap1533 fortunea1535 belikelya1551 haps1570 mayhappen1577 perhappen1578 possibly1600 not impossibly1667 ables1673 aunters1673 aiblins1720 p'rapsa1745 aunterens1825 mebbe1825 yes-no1898 yimkin1925 ja-nee1937 1577 H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture (new ed.) sig. D.viii Another tyme may happen he, may doe as much for thee. 1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 53 ‘Dunnet gowl, Nan!’ says I, ‘For, mappen, er lang, I's be maister mysel.’ a1820 R. Anderson Carel Fair in Poet. Wks. (1820) II. 166 Just swat down, and lissen my sang: I'll mappen affword some divarsion, An tell ye how monie things gang. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. ix. 180 May-happen he'll be a ready-made fool. 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. x. 178 Let us..flee; if yet mayhappen we may 'scape our evil day. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 187/2 Aye well, may'appen it is. Dunt matter thoff, do it? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1577
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