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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A simplified spelling of befell.

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  • However, when they grew up sin befel between them; and, although I could hardly believe it, I confined him and chided him and threatened him with the severest threats; and the eunuchs and servants said to him: — Beware of so foul a thing which none be fore thee ever did, and which none after thee will ever do; and have a care lest thou be dishonoured and disgraced among the Kings of the day, even to the end of time.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • 'befel' replaced by 'befell,' which appears in the 1828

    Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk Robert Ford

  • He joined a troop o' Knights that cared For neither wounds nor scars, An' off he went to Palestine Where queer things him befel, An' varry seun forgot aboot The queer worm i' the well.

    The Lambton Worm Song 2009

  • He joined a troop o' Knights that cared For neither wounds nor scars, An' off he went to Palestine Where queer things him befel, An' varry seun forgot aboot The queer worm i' the well.

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  • On this wise it befel the King; but as regards Abu Sir, after the Captain had left him on the island he took the net and casting it into the sea presently drew it up full of fish; nor did he cease to throw it and pull it up full, till there was a great mound of fish before him.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • This befel in the Caliphate of Al-Mahdi,535 third of the sons of Al – Abbas, and I commended myself to him by sending him presents, so he invested me with the government and made me viceroy of Bassorah.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Story ended, without telling what Misery befel the King and Kingdom, by the Moors, who over − ran the Country for many Years after.

    The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

  • Then she ceased to speak, and when King Shahriyar heard her speech and profited by that which she said, he summoned up his reasoning powers and cleansed his heart and caused his understanding revert and turned to Allah Almighty and said to himself, Since there befel the Kings of the Chosroës more than that which hath befallen me, never, whilst I live, shall I cease to blame myself for the past.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Story ended, without telling what Misery befel the King and Kingdom, by the Moors, who over − ran the Country for many Years after.

    The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

  • Edit. and “What befel the Cat with the Mouse,” as a punishment for tyranny.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

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