Hap
Hap (hap) , transitive verb
[Old English happen.]
To clothe; to wrap.
The surgeon happed her up carefully.
Hap , noun
[Compare Hap to clothe.]
A cloak or plaid. [O. English & Scottish]
Hap , noun
[Icelandic happ unexpected good luck. r39.]
That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot. — Chaucer
Whether art it was or heedless hap.
Cursed be good haps, and cursed be they that build
Their hopes on haps.
Loving goes by haps:
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Hap , intransitive verb
[Old English happen. See Hap chance, and compare Happen.]
To happen; to befall; to chance. — Chaucer
Sends word of all that haps in Tyre.