Definition of Mayhappen

1. Adverb. (qualifier obsolete or dialect) maybe, perhaps. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mayhappen

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mayhappen

mayblossoms
maybush
maybushes
mayday
maydays
mayed
mayeng
mayenite
mayest
mayfish
mayflies
mayflower
mayflowers
mayfly
mayhap
mayhappen (current term)
mayhaps
mayhaw
mayhem
mayhemic
mayhems
mayidism
maying
mayingite
mayings
mayn't
mayo
mayonnaise
mayonnaiselike
mayonnaises

Literary usage of Mayhappen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"She said, " Yet again I dreamed — that women came in, heavy and drooping, and chose thee for their mate; mayhappen these would be thy fateful women. ..."

2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1890)
"... 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 ..."

3. Völsunga Saga: The Story of the Volsungs & Niblungs, with Certain Songs from by Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris (1870)
"She said, " Yet again I dreamed—that women came in, heavy and drooping, and chose thee for their mate; mayhappen these would be thy fateful women. ..."

4. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, William Morris (1887)
"... If Odysseus this weed did on him at home I nothing wot, Or if on the ship swift-fleeting the gift of a fellow he got, Or mayhappen of a guest-friend; ..."

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