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mappen

adv

Etymology

Blend of may + happen.

  1. derived from *hampijaną✻ — “to fit in, be fitting”
  2. derived from *happa✻
  3. inherited from hæppan — “to move accidentally, slip”
  4. derived from happen — “to come to pass, happen”
  5. inherited from happenen
  6. compounded as mappen — “may + happen”

Definitions

  1. It may happen that

    It may happen that; maybe, perhaps.

    • Dunnet gowl, Aggy. Mappen I'll be maister man mysel' soon.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mappen. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA