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Definition of Mayhappen
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mayhappen
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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