bifallen
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English befeallan, from Proto-Germanic *bifallaną, equivalent to bi- + fallen.
Verb edit
bifallen (third-person singular simple present bifalleth, present participle bifallende, first-/third-person singular past indicative bifell, past participle bifallen)
- 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 edit
References edit
- “bifallen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Swedish edit
Participle edit
bifallen
Adjective edit
bifallen
Noun edit
bifallen
Declension edit
Inflection of bifallen | |||
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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 |