† uphapadv.
Obsolete.
Perhaps, possibly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adverb] > perhaps
is wenc897
wen isc897
peradventurec1300
peradventurec1325
perchancec1350
uphapa1375
percasea1393
lightly1395
in casea1398
maybea1400
may chancea1400
may-falla1400
may-fortunea1400
may-tidea1400
perhapa1464
happen1487
perhapsc1520
percase1523
ablea1525
by chance1526
mayhap1533
fortunea1535
belikelya1551
haps1570
mayhappen1577
perhappen1578
possibly1600
not impossibly1667
ables1673
aunters1673
aiblins1720
p'rapsa1745
aunterens1825
mebbe1825
yes-no1898
yimkin1925
ja-nee1937
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2722 So brod was þe see þat sayle hem bihoued holliche al a niȝt & vp happe, wel more.
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 375 But vp hap þu art a clerke or a religious man.
c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Augustine (1910) 46 Vphap it semeth a bischop for to were swech on, þouȝ it semeth not..a pore man.
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxxiiii Therin thou lesest..vphap thy renome euerlastyng.
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adv.a1375- playing on
- playing out
- playing partner
- playing stock
- playing table
- playing thing
- playing time
- playing toy
- playing trick
- playing up
- playing upon
- playing week
- playing with
- playing-croft
- playing-house
- playing-passage
- playing-place
- playingcroft
- playinghouse
- playingly
- playingpassage
- playingplace
- playings
- playjobber
- playjudger