befal

See also: befäl

English

Verb

befal (third-person singular simple present befals, present participle befaling, simple past befel, past participle befalen)

1. Obsolete form of befall.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:

     Another misfortune which befel poor Sophia was the company of Lord Fellamar, whom she met at the opera, and who attended her to the drum.

Anagrams

• fable