That other hath his othes swore Be hevene and be the goddes alle, 45 If that it myhte so befalle That he out of the pet him broghte, Of all the goodes whiche he oghte He schal have evene halvendel.
Of aventures [th]at han befalle Y can sum telle, but nou[gh]t all.
The former is the association of these two works in Chaucer's lines to Adam-- 'Adam scriveyn, if ever it thee befalle Boece or Troilus to wryten newe.
If a juvenile frolick he cannot forgive, We'll sing lowsie Lucy as long as we live, And Lucy, the lowsie, a libel may calle it Sing lowsie Lucy whatever befalle it.
If Lucy is lowsie, as some volke miscalle it Sing lowsie Lucy whateverbefalle it.
If Lucy is lowsie, as some volke miscalle it Sing lowsie Lucy, Whatever befalle it.
And this avou to god I make, That I schal nevere for hir sake Mi berd for no likinge schave, Til it befalle that I have In covenable time of age Beset hire unto mariage.
What schal befalle hierafterward God wot, for now upon this tyde Men se the world on every syde In sondry wyse so diversed, That it welnyh stant al reversed, 30 As forto speke of tyme ago.
This hath befalle in many place; And if it like unto you alle, I wolde assaie, hou so it falle, Oure enemis if I mai grieve; For I have cawht a gret believe Upon a point I wol declare.
Upon the point that is befalle Of love, in which that I am falle, I thenke telle my matiere: Now herkne, who that wol it hiere, Of my fortune how that it ferde.
Nou list, mi Sone, and thou schalt hiere, So as it hath befalle er this, In loves cause hou that it is A man to take be Ravine The preie which is femeline.
It makth mulptiplicacioun Of gold, and the fixacioun It causeth, and of his habit He doth the werk to be parfit Of thilke Elixer which men calle Alconomie, as isbefalle To hem that whilom weren wise.
If Lucy is lowsie, as some volke miscalle it, Sing lowsie Lucy, whatever befalle it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "befalle" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
