befall/bɪˈfɔːl/EtymologyFrom Middle English bifallen, from Old English befeallan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifallan, from Proto-Germanic *bifallaną; equivalent to be- + fall.nounCase; instance; circumstance; event; incident; accident.“Or he had tolde al his befall.”verbTo fall upon; fall all over; overtake.“At dusk an unusual calm befalls the wetlands.”To happen.“It befell in the days of Uther Pendragon [...] that there was a mighty duke in Cornwall that held war against him long time.”To happen to.“Temptation befell me.”To fall.“With a thought I tooke for Maudline & a cruse of cockle pottage. with a thing thus tall, skie blesse you all: I befell into this dotage.”