also bifallynge. [f. BEFALL v. + -ING1.] Happening, occurrence; concr. occurrence, chance, event.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Troylus, IV. 990. It bihoveth, that the bifallynge Of thynges … Be necessarie.
1388. Wyclif, Wisd. viii. 8. The bifallyngis of tymes and of worldus.
1839. Fr. Kemble, Rec. Later Life, I. 218. These and other befallings may serve for talking matter.
