English

Verb

misfall ‎(third-person singular simple present misfalls, present participle misfalling, simple past misfell, past participle misfallen)

1. (intransitive) To befall badly or incorrectly; happen unfortunately (to); mishappen; turn out badly.
   • 1889, Henry Morley, Early prose romances:

     [...] let us abide together that, one with the counsel and that other with the deed, then may there nothing misfall to usward.

   • 2009, Eric B. Hare, Skyscrapers:

     However, the principal and his students worked hard, and they soon had the buildings in shape for use and the farm doing as well as possible. Then a terrible misfortune misfell one of the neighbors who was most bitter in his tirades.

Noun

misfall ‎(plural misfalls)

1. A mishap; accident; bad luck; misfortune.
   • 1875, Julian Hawthorne, Saxon studies:

     But alas! an unlooked- for misfall has occurred."