misfall

verb /mɪsˈfɔːl/

1. To befall badly or incorrectly; happen unfortunately (to); mishappen; turn out badly.

   Sometime ſhe feared, leaſt ſome hard miſhap / Had him misfalne in his aduenturous queſt; [...]

Where it comes from

From Middle English misfallen, equivalent to mis- + fall. Cognate with Dutch misvallen (“to misfall, miss in falling, displease, miscarry”), German missfallen (“to displease”), Icelandic misfalla (“to misuse”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry misfall (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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