What does betide mean?

Definitions for betide
bɪˈtaɪdbe·tide

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. befall, bechance, betideverb

    become of; happen to

    "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?"

Wiktionary

  1. betideverb

    To happen to.

  2. betideverb

    To happen; to take place; to bechance or befall.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Betideverb

    pret. It betided, or betid; part. pass. betid.

    Etymology: from tid , Sax.

    Said he then to the Palmer, reverend sire,
    What great misfortune hath betid this knight? Fairy Queen.

    But say, if our deliverer up to heav’n
    Must reascend, what will betide the few,
    His faithful, left among th’ unfaithful herd,
    The enemies of truth? John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xii. l. 480.

    Neither know I,
    What is betid to Cloten; but remain
    Perplext in all. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

    She, when her turn was come her tale to tell,
    Told of a strange adventure that betided,
    Betwixt the fox and th’ ape by him misguided. Edmund Spenser, Hubb.

    In winter’s tedious nights, sit by the fire
    With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales
    Of woful ages, long ago betid. William Shakespeare, Richard II.

    Let me hear from thee by letters,
    Of thy success in love; and what news else
    Betideth here in absence of thy friend. William Shakespeare, Two Gent. of Ver.

    If he were dead, what would betide of thee? William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

ChatGPT

  1. betide

    Betide means to happen or occur, typically referring to something undesirable or unpleasant. It is often used in the phrases "woe betide" to warn about a negative consequence, or "whatever may betide" to express readiness to face any eventuality.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Betideverb

    to happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer

  2. Betideverb

    to come to pass; to happen; to occur

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Betide

    be-tīd′, v.i. to happen to, to befall—in third person, and often impersonally, with dative object, now little used save in phrase, 'woe betide!': (rare) to betoken:—pa.p. (Shak.) Betid′. [See Tide.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of betide in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of betide in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of betide in a Sentence

  1. Isaac Newton:

    Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us the Lord will provide.

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