Third-person singular present tense of 'befall'; it happens to or affects someone or something.
Third-person singular present form of 'befall,' created by adding the standard English '-s' ending (Old English origin) to indicate grammatical agreement with a singular subject.
In modern English, 'befalls' sounds distinctly literary or formal, which is why you'll hear it in fantasy novels and historical dramas rather than everyday speech—it's a survivor of an older, more formal register.
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