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单词 misbefall
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misbefallv.

Forms: Middle English mysbefalle, 1600s misbefal, 1600s mis-befall. Past tense Middle English misbifel, Middle English misbiueolle, late Middle English mys-be-felle, 1500s mys byfelle. Past participle Middle English misbifallen, 1500s mis-befaln, 1500s–1600s misbefalne.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, befall v.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + befall v.
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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