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hap

1  [hap] noun, verb, happed, hap⋅ping.
Use happed in a Sentence
–noun
1. one's luck or lot.
2. an occurrence, happening, or accident.
–verb (used without object)
3. to happen: if it so hap.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME < ON happ luck, chance; akin to OE gehæp fit, convenient; prob. akin to OCS kobŭ auspice, OIr cob victory

hap

2  [hap, ap] Chiefly Pennsylvania.
–noun
1. a comforter or quilt.
–verb (used with object)
2. to cover with or as with a comforter or quilt.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME happen to cover; perh. b. lappen lap 2 and OF happer to seize
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hap   (hāp)   
n.  

  1. Fortune; chance.

  2. A happening; an occurrence.

intr.v.   happed, hap·ping, haps
To happen.

[Middle English, from Old Norse happ; see kob- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

hap 
c.1205, "chance, luck," from O.N. happ "chance, good luck," from P.Gmc. *khapan (source of O.E. gehæp "convenient, fit"). Meaning "good fortune" is from c.1225.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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