betide

English

Etymology

From Middle English betiden; equivalent to be- +‎ tide. Compare Old English tīdan (“to betide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈtaɪd/
• Rhymes: -aɪd

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Verb

betide (third-person singular simple present betides, present participle betiding, simple past and past participle betid or betided)

1. (transitive) To happen unto; to befall.
   • c. 1595 William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act III scene ii^[1]:

     More health and happiness betide my liege / Than can my care-tuned tongue deliver him!

2. (intransitive) To happen; to take place; to bechance or befall.
   • c. 1610-11 William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii^[2]:

     […] Wipe thou thine eyes; have comfort.

     The direful spectacle of the wreck, which touch'd

     The very virtue of compassion in thee,

     I have with such provision in mine art

     So safely order'd that there is no soul,

     No, not so much perdition as an hair

     Betid to any creature in the vessel

     Which thou heard'st cry, which thou saw'st sink. […]

Synonyms

• (to happen) come to pass, occur, transpire; See also Thesaurus:happen
• (to happen to)

Derived terms

• woe betide

Translations

(transitive) To happen to

• Bulgarian: сполитам (bg) (spolitam)
• Russian: случи́ться (ru) (slučítʹsja)
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(intransitive) To happen; to take place; to bechance or befall

• Bulgarian: случвам се (slučvam se)
• Interlingue:
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hende (no), vederfares

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• Russian: случа́ться (ru) (slučátʹsja), происходи́ть (ru) (proisxodítʹ)

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