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to fall,
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  • Hé on þone pytt befylð

    in foveam incidit,

      Ps. Th. 7, 15.
to get into:--
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  • Se deófol befylð intó Antecrístes móder innoðe,

      Wlfst. 193, 16.
  • Ꝥ furðon án spearwa on gryn ne mæg befeallan forútan his foresceáwunge,

    • Chr. 1067
    • ;
    • P. 201, 25.
figurative,
to fall into sin, into the hands of a person,
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  • Mé is leófre ꝥ ic on Godes handa befealle, þonne ic on mannes handa befealle,

      Hml. S. 13, 248.
  • Befelð

    incidet (in malum ),

      Kent. Gl. 614.
  • befeóll on untrumnysse,

      Hml. S. 33, 261.
  • Ðæt hé suá suíðe wið ðæt winne suá hé on ðæt óðer ne befealle,

      Past. 189, 11.
  • On hwelce ðǽra synna hié befeóllen,

      417, 33.
  • Hé wæs on gítsunge befeallan,

    • Chr. 1086
    • ;
    • P. 221, 4.
  • On þǽre frecednysse þe hé on befeallen wæs,

      Hml. S. 25, 785.
  • Gif hé ǽnigne man wite on heáfodleahtrum befeal(l)enne,

      Ll. Th. ii. 246, 1.
to fall to action
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  • Wearð hé tó manslehte befeallen,

      Hml. Th. i. 484, 13.
to fall upon, take effect on a person
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  • Þonne óðres mannes dǽd befylð on mé oððe on ðé, þonne byþ þæt

    passivum verbum,

      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 120, 11.
  • On befeól hárnys

    inrepsit canities,

      Germ. 388, 23.
to fall to, be assigned to
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  • On scortne ir befylð án ágen nama,

      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 45, 11.
  • On scortne ar befeallað þás naman,

      42, 4: 48, 15: 49, 17.
    (Cf. se gescyrta es underféhð fela naman,
      51, 7.
    )
  • Seó óðer præteritum geendað on ii, ac on ðǽre ne befeallað ná má worda,

      166, 9.
befeallen (æt)
deprived (of)
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  • Hí wǽron æt hiora yldran befeallen(n)e,

      Lch. iii. 424, 13.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. bi-fallan
:
O. Frs. bi-falla
:
O. H. Ger. pi-fallan.
]
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