单词 | misbefall |
释义 | † misbefallv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. impersonal or with non-referential it as subject. To happen unfortunately; to turn out harmfully or badly. With dative of the person affected. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > go wrong > for a person misbefalla1250 misbetide?a1400 a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 89 Þe ueorðe [sc. kind of envy] is gledschipe of his vuel, lauhwen oþer gabben ȝif him mis biueolle. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 459 For elles, bot a man do so, Him may fulofte mysbefalle. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 40 (MED) J wole telle yow how it bifel of hem and how it misbifel hem. a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 125 Thegh hym in thylke vyage mys-be-felle [v.r. mys byfelle]. 2. intransitive. Of a person: to come to grief or harm. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > happen unfortunately [verb (intransitive)] > suffer misfortune or a mishap mishappenc1230 mishapc1385 mistidec1390 spill1390 misbetide?a1400 misfalla1400 mistime1402 misfortune?a1425 misbefallc1450 miscapea1535 mischancea1542 to come home by unhappinessc1555 mislucka1617 buy1825 pratfall1940 schlimazel1963 c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 203 Wherefore so lightliche fallen þei nouht ne so soone misbifallen. 3. a. intransitive. Of an event: to occur by way of misfortune. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > happen unfortunately [verb (intransitive)] mistideOE misfall1340 mishapc1385 mishappenc1440 misfortune1466 mischance1552 misbefall1591 1591 [see misbefallen adj. at Derivatives]. 1645 G. Wither Vox Pacifica 117 Scarce a man Among a thousand, searcheth out those things Which mis-befall. b. transitive. To befall (a person) by way of misfortune. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > have befallen as a misfortune to [verb (transitive)] bec1300 misbefalla1645 a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iii. iv. 128 Something..is misbefalne Zelmatida. Derivatives misbefallen adj. (of an event) unfortunate. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] unseelyOE ungraciousa1387 infortunatec1390 unhappy1390 haplessa1400 mischancefula1400 unfortunedc1403 infortuneda1413 maleurousa1460 infortunable?a1475 mal-infortunedc1475 unselc1480 mischanced1488 misadventurousa1500 unhap1509 misfortunate1510 mischancya1522 unuredc1525 maleureda1529 unlucky1530 unfortunate1548 luckless1563 unluckly1564 unfortunable1567 untoward1570 unable?1572 sinister1576 unsonsy1578 disaster1584 disastereda1586 disastrous1586 unweirdedc1590 wanhappy?1590 misbefallen1591 fortuneless1596 infelicious1598 misadventured1599 improsperous1602 untoward1632 unhandsome1640 ill-fated1715 donsie?1719 swarthy1756 infelicitous1835 bad luck1872 stiff1919 spooked1937 jinxed1972 1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. E4 Deep sorrow throbbeth misbefalne euents. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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