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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1584-1585, 1655
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Hapning, Happin-, ppl. a. [e.m.E. happening (1530), ‘occurring, chancing’.] Casual, chance, occasional. (So used also in the mod. dialect.) — a1585 Polwart Flyt. 560.
Hapning haires blawin withersuns aback 1655 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 312.
Gif they bring thame in at some happining tymes. [etc.]
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