mishappen
To encounter grief or misfortune.
obsolete
To happen through misfortune.
archaic
His fearefull friends weare out the wofull night, / Ne dare to weepe, nor seeme to vnderstand / The heauie hap, which on them is alight, / Affraid, least to themselues the like mishappen might.
To happen ill; fare ill.
intransitive
Where it comes from
From Middle English mishapnen, equivalent to mis- + happen.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry mishappen (CC BY-SA 4.0).