hap

¹

[ hap ]

noun

1. one's luck or lot.
2. an occurrence, happening, or accident.

verb (used without object)

, happed, hap·ping.

1. to happen:

   if it so hap.

hap

²

[ hap, ap ]

noun

1. a comforter or quilt.

verb (used with object)

1. to cover with or as with a comforter or quilt.

Hap

³

[ hahp, khahp ]

noun

, Egyptian Religion.

1. Apis ( def ).

hap

¹

/ hæp /

verb

1. to cover up; wrap up warmly

noun

1. a covering of any kind

hap

²

/ hæp /

noun

1. luck; chance
2. an occurrence

verb

1. intr an archaic word for happen

Word History and Origins

Origin of hap¹

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English, from Old Norse happ “luck, chance”; akin to Old English gehæp “fit, convenient”; probably akin to Old Church Slavonic kobŭ “auspice,” Old Irish cob “victory”

Origin of hap²

1350–1400; Middle English happen to cover; perhaps blend of lappen lap ² and Old French happer to seize

Word History and Origins

Origin of hap¹

C14: perhaps of Norse origin

Origin of hap²

C13: from Old Norse happ good luck; related to Old English gehæplic convenient, Old Slavonic kobǔ fate

Example Sentences

Riley responded, "What hap— What do you mean?"

From Salon

Local clan leader Mohamed Abdirahman described the attack as horrible, adding that such an atrocity had never happed in the region before.

From BBC

Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Zelenskiy's chief of staff, said this week the president had chosen Feb. 16 as the patriotic holiday partly ironically, in response to media reports an invasion could happed on Wednesday.

From Reuters

“Who brought him home, I wonder, to hap him here? Murdered off the coast of Andres! an’ you consated his body lay under!

From Literature

Much of what happed during Mr. Trump’s meeting with Mr. Putin at a Group of 20 summit in Japan in 2019 isn’t known.

From Washington Times