mayhappen

English

Alternative forms

• happen (obsolete or dialect)
• 'appen (dialect)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æpən

Adverb

mayhappen (not comparable)

1. (obsolete or dialect) maybe, perhaps.
   • 1891, William Morris, The Story of the Glittering Plain:

     […] they hastened up, and presently stood before that cavern's mouth with doubt and joy mingled in their minds; for now, mayhappen, they had reached the gate of the Glittering Plain, or mayhappen the gate of death.

Synonyms

• mayhap