Behappen
adv, verb
adv, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To happen to, to befall. obsolete, transitive
""But why have ye," said Artegall, "forborne Your owne good shield in daungerous dismay? That is the greatest shame and foulest scorne, Which unto any knight behappen may. To loose the badge that should his deedes display.""
Adverb
- 1 Perhaps, mayhap. dialectal, not-comparable, obsolete
"Behappen it ul rain."
Example
More examples""But why have ye," said Artegall, "forborne Your owne good shield in daungerous dismay? That is the greatest shame and foulest scorne, Which unto any knight behappen may. To loose the badge that should his deedes display.""
Etymology
From Middle English behappenen, equivalent to be- + happen, analogous to befall.
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