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Swedish
Etymology
When first used in 1704, in a letter by king Charles XII, this was an alternative form of oförhoppandes (used 1649-1852, now obsolete), a loan from German unverhoffend, unverhoffen. A corresponding adjective oförhoppad / oförhappad ("unhoped-for", used 1640-1818), is now obsolete.
Adverb
oförhappandes
- unexpectedly, randomly, by chance, unhoped-for, unlooked-for
- Men en dag, då jag oförhappandes inträder i en skomakarebutik, begynner bullret i samma ögonblick.
- But one day, as I randomly walk into a shoemaker's shop, the noise starts at the same moment.
- Shakespeare (Swedish translation by Carl August Hagberg), Henry IV, part 1, act 5, scene 3, Sir John Falstaff speaking
- Tacka vill jag lifvet! Får jag behålla det, så är det bra; hvarom icke, kommer äran oförhappandes och dermed punkt.
- give me life; which if I can save, so; if not, honour comes unlooked for, and there's an end.
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