bifallen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === befalle, bifalle, byfalle bevalle (Kent); beffallen (Norfolk); bi-valle (Somerset) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English befeallan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifallan; by surface analysis, bi- +‎ fallen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /biˈfalən/ === Verb === bifallen (third-person singular simple present bifalleth, present participle bifallynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bifel, past participle bifallen) (ambitransitive, sometimes impersonal) To occur or happen; to take place. [with on or of or to or direct object] (ambitransitive, sometimes impersonal) To befit or suit; to be suitable or necessary. (intransitive) To fall into; to enter a condition or state [with in or on] (intransitive, rare) To fall or land (in somewhere); to land. (intransitive, rare) To be related or connected [with to] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: befall Middle Scots: befall, befaw Scots: befaw ==== References ==== “bifallen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “befall, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == Swedish == === Participle === bifallen past participle of bifalla === Adjective === bifallen approved, granted === Noun === bifallen definite plural of bifall ==== Declension ==== === Anagrams === bifallne