Befall
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Old English befeallan ‘to fall’ (early use being chiefly figurative); related to German befallen .
wiktionary
From Middle English bifallen, from Old English befeallan, from Proto-Germanic *bifallaną; equivalent to be- + fall.
etymonline
befall (v.)
Old English befeallan "to deprive of; fall to, occur to, be assigned to," from be- "by, about" + feallan (see fall). Compare Old Frisian bifalla, Old Saxon, Old High German bifallan, German befallen. Intransitive sense of "to happen, come to pass" is from c. 1300. Related: Befell; befalling.
