Modern English → Old English
Old English word for befall
5 headwords match “befall”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; befeallan ranks first.
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befall — to fall, fall to or upon; befall
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative befealle first-person singular past indicative befēoll second-person singular present indicative befielst second-person singular past indicative befēolle third-person singular present indicative befielþ third-person singular past indicative befēoll -
befall — to betide, befall, happen
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative tīde first-person singular past indicative tīdde second-person singular present indicative tīdest, tītst second-person singular past indicative tīddest third-person singular present indicative tīdeþ, tītt, tīt third-person singular past indicative tīdde -
befall — to occur, happen, befall; to fall to
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġesċēo first-person singular past indicative ġesċēode second-person singular present indicative ġesċēost second-person singular past indicative ġesċēodest third-person singular present indicative ġesċēoþ third-person singular past indicative ġesċēode -
befall — to happen, take place, befall
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġesǣle first-person singular past indicative ġesǣlde second-person singular present indicative ġesǣlest, ġesǣlst second-person singular past indicative ġesǣldest third-person singular present indicative ġesǣleþ, ġesǣlþ third-person singular past indicative ġesǣlde -
befall — to go, happen, befall, come in
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġegange first-person singular past indicative ġeġēng, ġeġīeng second-person singular present indicative ġegengst second-person singular past indicative ġeġēnge, ġeġīenge third-person singular present indicative ġegengþ third-person singular past indicative ġeġēng, ġeġīeng
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “befall” gets the points below; the candidates are then sorted by total. The score is shown on each entry above so the order can be checked rather than trusted.
| The English word opens the headword's definition | +10 |
| It appears later in the first definition | +6 |
| It appears in any definition | +3 |
| It is in the headword's links | +2 |
| It is listed as an English descendant (etymological evidence) | +9 |
| The headword has an inflection table | +3 |
| Part of speech is a proper noun | −5 |
| Part of speech is a verb (-ian derivations are noisy) | −3 |
| The headword is an alternative form | −6 |
| The first definition is longer than three words | −2 |
A candidate has to be a real headword with its own entry: inflected forms and grammatical terminology (genitive, nominative, preterite, …) never appear here.
Not one of these?
The match may be a different sense of “befall”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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