bifallen

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English befeallan, from Proto-Germanic *bifallaną, equivalent to bi- +‎ fallen.

Verb

bifallen (third-person singular simple present bifalleth, present participle bifallende, first-/third-person singular past indicative bifell, past participle bifallen)

  1. to befall, happen
    • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 19–20:
      Bifil that in that seson, on a day, / In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay
      It happened that, in that season, on a day / In Southwark, at the Tabard, as I lay

Descendants

  • English: befall
  • Scots: befaw

References

Swedish

Participle

bifallen

  1. past participle of bifalla

Adjective

bifallen

  1. approved, granted

Noun

bifallen

  1. definite plural of bifall

Declension

Inflection of bifallen
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular bifallen — —
Neuter singular bifallet — —
Plural bifallna — —
Masculine plural3 bifallne — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 bifallne — —
All bifallna — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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