mayhap

[ mey-hap, mey-hap ]

/ ˌmeɪˈhæp, ˈmeɪˌhæp /

perhaps.

Origin of mayhap

First recorded in 1530–40; short for it may hap

Mayhap, then, you'll come on deck and tell these merry men as much, for they do only jeer at me.

Standish of Standish |Jane G. Austin
Mayhap she'll cry a bit, or flout the duke, or laugh at his ways.

Nancy Stair |Elinor Macartney Lane
Think, while thou sunnest thyself in Joy's estate, Mayhap thou canst not ripen without frost!

A Calendar of Sonnets |Helen Hunt Jackson
Child, mayhap I have done ill in taking thee thus from thy mother.

In Doublet and Hose |Lucy Foster Madison

For mayhap, says I to myself, he be the gentleman as be come to take Mr. Shepherd's duty for him.

The Seaboard Parish Volume 1 |George MacDonald

mayhap

/ (ˈmeɪˌhæp) /

an archaic word for perhaps

C16: shortened from it may hap