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befall (v.)
Old English
befeallan
"to deprive of; fall to, be assigned to; befall," from
be-
"by, about" +
feallan
(see
fall
). Compare Old Frisian
bifalla
, Old Saxon, Old High German
bifallan
, German
befallen
. Related:
Befell
;
befalling
.
