befallv.

/bɪˈfɔːl/

Forms: Also Middle English bi-, by-, Middle English bevalle, bivalle, 1500s– befal. Past tense befell (Middle English– befel). Past participle befallen. Variant forms generally as in fall n.²

Etymology: Old English bef(e)all-an < be- prefix 2 + f(e)allan to fall; = Old Saxon, Old High German bifallan, modern German befallen.

†1. intransitive. To fall. (Chiefly figurative.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > [verb (intransitive)] > from or into

befallc897

decline14..

scrithe1434

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > act wrongly or immorally [verb (intransitive)] > fall or lapse

befallc897

fallOE

slidea1000

slipc1340

scrithe1434

c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xl. (Bosw.) Hie oft befeallað on micel yfel.

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) x. 29 An of ðam ne befylþ on eorþan.

c1160 Hatton G. Matt. x. 29 Ne befalð on eorðen.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 73 Þe sinfulle man beoð bifallen on depe sinne.

1470 J. Hardyng Chron. Pref. 2 Iff that he were in suche a jupertee Of werre by falle.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. lxvii. 285 Many mens cases befel not directly within the Letter of the Law.

2. To fall to as one's share or right; to pertain, belong; be fitting. Also impersonal. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > be due to or belong to as right

befallc1175

concern1451

behove1470

appertain1483

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > condition or state of being inclusive > be included in something [verb (intransitive)]

comprehendc1384

comprisec1425

incur1536

come1577

befall1647

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 161 Mest al þet ich habbe idon bi-fealt to child-hade.

c1305 St. Lucy 170 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 106 Þe reisouns were alle iseid þat bifulle þerto.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. ii. 48 ‘Reddite Caesari,’ seide god, ‘þat to cesar by-falleþ.’

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxii. 279 Sirs, a kyng he hym cals; Therfor a crowne hym befals.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. xiii. 36 It now befals to touch upon the manner of the government of the Church.

1850 J. M. Neale Mediæval Hymns 197 Giving to the dearer ones What to each befalleth.

†3. To fall to (as an inheritance). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > cause to descend by succession [verb (transitive)] > cause to descend by inheritance > fall to as inheritance

befalla1617

a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1658) 131 Goodly Lands, which in likelihood will befal him.

1704 London Gaz. No. 4049/4 He is desired to return..he having an Estate befallen him.

4. To fall out in the course of events, to happen, occur:

a. simply. archaic.

ΚΠ

a1300 Sarmun 57 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 7 Þe mest ioi þat mai befalle.

c1420 Anturs Arth. lv This ferli be-felle in Ingulwud forest.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) ix. i. 48 I sal persew, and fallow quhat befaw.

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God iii. xv. 126 The Eclipse which befell at our Saviours death, was quite against the regular course of the stars.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. 286 There are seldom any events befalling..which concern no more than a single person.

1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xx. 191 Ethel's birth day befel in the Spring.

b. with indirect object (dative). The most frequent modern use.

ΚΠ

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 556 Ac after þulke time..Lute god cas him biuel.

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 46 They knowe not what good may befall them therby.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xxxix. 79 Heauie accidents which befall men in this..life.

1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xlii. 4 Lest peraduenture mischiefe befall him.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 128. ⁋6 The most deplorable misfortune that possibly can befal a Woman.

1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 90 The disaster which then befell the human race.

c. with to, unto, or upon. archaic.

ΚΠ

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 255 Swich utterliche sunnen þe alle biualleð.

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xvii. 97 If this befell to Moses.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 43 What befell in Heaven To those Apostates.

1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. xxiii. 97 What fate unto the mouse and frog befel.

d. impersonal, or with subject it representing a clause.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > happen to

tocomeeOE

limpc888

i-timeOE

alimpOE

comeOE

on-becomeOE

tidec1000

befallc1175

betidec1175

betimea1225

fallc1225

time?c1225

yfallc1275

timea1325

happena1393

to run upon ——a1393

behapa1450

bechance1530

succeeda1533

attaina1535

behappen1596

c1175 Cott. Hom. 231 Þa be-fel hit swa þat hym a þance befell.

1250 Laȝamon Brut 27135 Luþer him bifalle was.

c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. 18 Byfel that, in that sesoun on a day, In Southwerk at the Tabbard as I lay [etc.].

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. i. 7 On Maluerne hulles Me byfel for to slepe.

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xliii. 66 As in like wise bifelle to Eue that touchid of the fruyte.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 209 So befall my soule, As this is false.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1182 Thus it shall befall Him who..Lets her Will rule.

1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago I. iii. 71 And so it befel that they often quarrelled and wrangled.

†e. In phrases: Fair befall, foul befall. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 59 Þat feire hem bifalle Þat suweth my sermon.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 46 Fayre myght the befall!

a1550 J. Bow & Person 67 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. IV. 9 Then myght he laye him, so fowle befalde.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 123 Now faire befall your maske.

†5. To fall in one's way, happen to be, turn up, occur. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [verb (intransitive)] > come about by chance

alimpOE

fallc1175

fortunec1369

chance1393

hapa1398

to fall profitc1475

adventurec1540

to fall out1556

befall1591

befortunea1616

happen1833

random1921

1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. H2^v To feede abroad, where pasture best befalls.

†6.

a. with complement. To become as it were by chance, to grow. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change [verb (intransitive)] > pass into state, become

yworthOE

worthOE

goOE

becomec1175

come?a1200

waxc1220

charea1225

aworthc1275

makea1300

fallc1300

breedc1325

grow1340

strikea1375

yern1377

entera1382

turna1400

smitec1400

raxa1500

resolvea1500

to get into ——?1510

waxen1540

get1558

prove1560

proceed1578

befall1592

drop1654

evade1677

emerge1699

to turn out1740

to gain into1756

permute1864

slip1864

1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 146 Passing darke it was befaln.

†b. To become of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > become of

betidea1400

worthc1400

befall1470

become of1535

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur (1816) II. 125 Needs must I revenge my lord, and so will I whatsoever befal of me.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) iii. 320 Thoughe they be roten or brente, or what euer befalle of them.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 123 To dilate..What haue befalne of them and they till now.

†7. ? To surround. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)]

befong971

beclipc1000

begoc1000

belieOE

bestandc1000

to go about ——OE

umbegangc1200

behema1250

befallc1275

berunc1275

girdc1290

bihalvena1300

umlapa1300

umlaya1300

umlouka1300

umbegoc1300

belayc1320

halsea1340

enclose1340

umbelapa1350

embracec1360

betrendc1374

circlec1374

umbecasta1375

to give about1382

environa1393

umbeclipa1395

compassa1400

encircle?a1400

enourle?a1400

umbegivea1400

umbeseta1400

umbeliec1400

umbetighc1400

enroundc1420

measurec1425

umbsteadc1450

adviron?1473

purprise1481

umbeviron1489

belta1500

girtha1500

overgirda1500

engirt15..

envirea1513

round?a1513

brace1513

umbereach1513

becompass1520

circuea1533

girtc1540

umbsetc1540

circule1553

encompass1555

circulate?a1560

ingyre1568

to do about1571

engird1573

circumdate1578

succinge1578

employ1579

circuate1581

girdle1582

wheel1582

circumgyre1583

enring1589

ringa1592

embail1593

enfold1596

invier1596

stem1596

circumcingle1599

ingert1599

engirdle1602

circulize1603

circumscribe1605

begirt1608

to go round1610

enwheela1616

surround1616

shingle1621

encirculize1624

circumviron1632

beround1643

orba1644

circumference1646

becircle1648

incircuitc1650

circumcinge1657

circumtend1684

besiege1686

cincture1789

zone1795

cravat1814

encincture1820

circumvent1824

begirdle1837

perambulate1863

cordon1891

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12844 Uppen ane hulle mid sae-ulode bi-uallen [c1300 Otho mid see-flode bi-falle].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	befall
释义	† befalln. Forms: Also befalle, byfalle. Etymology: < befall v. Obsolete. A case, circumstance, incident, accident. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] thingeOE to-tagc12.. estrec1300 casec1325 aboutstanding1340 circumstancec1380 termsa1382 conditionc1384 befalla1492 weather1603 attendant1607 belonginga1616 circumstantial1647 incident1649 incidence1670 incidental1707 attitude1744 circs1883 a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. cxxxiiii. f. cxlix^v/1 Or he had tolde al his befall. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. cxx. f. cxli^v/2 He sholde enquyre ferder of the trouth of the befall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). befallv. /bɪˈfɔːl/ Forms: Also Middle English bi-, by-, Middle English bevalle, bivalle, 1500s– befal. Past tense befell (Middle English– befel). Past participle befallen. Variant forms generally as in fall n.² Etymology: Old English bef(e)all-an < be- prefix 2 + f(e)allan to fall; = Old Saxon, Old High German bifallan, modern German befallen. †1. intransitive. To fall. (Chiefly figurative.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > [verb (intransitive)] > from or into befallc897 decline14.. scrithe1434 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > act wrongly or immorally [verb (intransitive)] > fall or lapse befallc897 fallOE slidea1000 slipc1340 scrithe1434 c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xl. (Bosw.) Hie oft befeallað on micel yfel. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) x. 29 An of ðam ne befylþ on eorþan. c1160 Hatton G. Matt. x. 29 Ne befalð on eorðen. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 73 Þe sinfulle man beoð bifallen on depe sinne. 1470 J. Hardyng Chron. Pref. 2 Iff that he were in suche a jupertee Of werre by falle. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. lxvii. 285 Many mens cases befel not directly within the Letter of the Law. 2. To fall to as one's share or right; to pertain, belong; be fitting. Also impersonal. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > be due to or belong to as right befallc1175 concern1451 behove1470 appertain1483 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > condition or state of being inclusive > be included in something [verb (intransitive)] comprehendc1384 comprisec1425 incur1536 come1577 befall1647 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 161 Mest al þet ich habbe idon bi-fealt to child-hade. c1305 St. Lucy 170 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 106 Þe reisouns were alle iseid þat bifulle þerto. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. ii. 48 ‘Reddite Caesari,’ seide god, ‘þat to cesar by-falleþ.’ a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxii. 279 Sirs, a kyng he hym cals; Therfor a crowne hym befals. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. xiii. 36 It now befals to touch upon the manner of the government of the Church. 1850 J. M. Neale Mediæval Hymns 197 Giving to the dearer ones What to each befalleth. †3. To fall to (as an inheritance). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > cause to descend by succession [verb (transitive)] > cause to descend by inheritance > fall to as inheritance befalla1617 a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1658) 131 Goodly Lands, which in likelihood will befal him. 1704 London Gaz. No. 4049/4 He is desired to return..he having an Estate befallen him. 4. To fall out in the course of events, to happen, occur: a. simply. archaic. ΚΠ a1300 Sarmun 57 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 7 Þe mest ioi þat mai befalle. c1420 Anturs Arth. lv This ferli be-felle in Ingulwud forest. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) ix. i. 48 I sal persew, and fallow quhat befaw. 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God iii. xv. 126 The Eclipse which befell at our Saviours death, was quite against the regular course of the stars. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. 286 There are seldom any events befalling..which concern no more than a single person. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xx. 191 Ethel's birth day befel in the Spring. b. with indirect object (dative). The most frequent modern use. ΚΠ 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 556 Ac after þulke time..Lute god cas him biuel. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 46 They knowe not what good may befall them therby. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xxxix. 79 Heauie accidents which befall men in this..life. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xlii. 4 Lest peraduenture mischiefe befall him. View more context for this quotation 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 128. ⁋6 The most deplorable misfortune that possibly can befal a Woman. 1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 90 The disaster which then befell the human race. c. with to, unto, or upon. archaic. ΚΠ ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 255 Swich utterliche sunnen þe alle biualleð. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xvii. 97 If this befell to Moses. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 43 What befell in Heaven To those Apostates. View more context for this quotation 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. xxiii. 97 What fate unto the mouse and frog befel. d. impersonal, or with subject it representing a clause. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > happen to tocomeeOE limpc888 i-timeOE alimpOE comeOE on-becomeOE tidec1000 befallc1175 betidec1175 betimea1225 fallc1225 time?c1225 yfallc1275 timea1325 happena1393 to run upon ——a1393 behapa1450 bechance1530 succeeda1533 attaina1535 behappen1596 c1175 Cott. Hom. 231 Þa be-fel hit swa þat hym a þance befell. 1250 Laȝamon Brut 27135 Luþer him bifalle was. c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. 18 Byfel that, in that sesoun on a day, In Southwerk at the Tabbard as I lay [etc.]. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. i. 7 On Maluerne hulles Me byfel for to slepe. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xliii. 66 As in like wise bifelle to Eue that touchid of the fruyte. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 209 So befall my soule, As this is false. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1182 Thus it shall befall Him who..Lets her Will rule. View more context for this quotation 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago I. iii. 71 And so it befel that they often quarrelled and wrangled. †e. In phrases: Fair befall, foul befall. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 59 Þat feire hem bifalle Þat suweth my sermon. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 46 Fayre myght the befall! a1550 J. Bow & Person 67 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. IV. 9 Then myght he laye him, so fowle befalde. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 123 Now faire befall your maske. View more context for this quotation †5. To fall in one's way, happen to be, turn up, occur. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [verb (intransitive)] > come about by chance alimpOE fallc1175 fortunec1369 chance1393 hapa1398 to fall profitc1475 adventurec1540 to fall out1556 befall1591 befortunea1616 happen1833 random1921 1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. H2^v To feede abroad, where pasture best befalls. †6. a. with complement. To become as it were by chance, to grow. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change [verb (intransitive)] > pass into state, become yworthOE worthOE goOE becomec1175 come?a1200 waxc1220 charea1225 aworthc1275 makea1300 fallc1300 breedc1325 grow1340 strikea1375 yern1377 entera1382 turna1400 smitec1400 raxa1500 resolvea1500 to get into ——?1510 waxen1540 get1558 prove1560 proceed1578 befall1592 drop1654 evade1677 emerge1699 to turn out1740 to gain into1756 permute1864 slip1864 1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 146 Passing darke it was befaln. †b. To become of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > become of betidea1400 worthc1400 befall1470 become of1535 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur (1816) II. 125 Needs must I revenge my lord, and so will I whatsoever befal of me. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) iii. 320 Thoughe they be roten or brente, or what euer befalle of them. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 123 To dilate..What haue befalne of them and they till now. View more context for this quotation †7. ? To surround. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] befong971 beclipc1000 begoc1000 belieOE bestandc1000 to go about ——OE umbegangc1200 behema1250 befallc1275 berunc1275 girdc1290 bihalvena1300 umlapa1300 umlaya1300 umlouka1300 umbegoc1300 belayc1320 halsea1340 enclose1340 umbelapa1350 embracec1360 betrendc1374 circlec1374 umbecasta1375 to give about1382 environa1393 umbeclipa1395 compassa1400 encircle?a1400 enourle?a1400 umbegivea1400 umbeseta1400 umbeliec1400 umbetighc1400 enroundc1420 measurec1425 umbsteadc1450 adviron?1473 purprise1481 umbeviron1489 belta1500 girtha1500 overgirda1500 engirt15.. envirea1513 round?a1513 brace1513 umbereach1513 becompass1520 circuea1533 girtc1540 umbsetc1540 circule1553 encompass1555 circulate?a1560 ingyre1568 to do about1571 engird1573 circumdate1578 succinge1578 employ1579 circuate1581 girdle1582 wheel1582 circumgyre1583 enring1589 ringa1592 embail1593 enfold1596 invier1596 stem1596 circumcingle1599 ingert1599 engirdle1602 circulize1603 circumscribe1605 begirt1608 to go round1610 enwheela1616 surround1616 shingle1621 encirculize1624 circumviron1632 beround1643 orba1644 circumference1646 becircle1648 incircuitc1650 circumcinge1657 circumtend1684 besiege1686 cincture1789 zone1795 cravat1814 encincture1820 circumvent1824 begirdle1837 perambulate1863 cordon1891 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) 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