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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
betide
verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
woe betide sb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But woe betide the culprit who trespasses on the wrong side of 50.
▪ But woe betide the tight-fisted villager who tries to take advantage.
▪ But woe betide you if you make your splash with a financial killing or by getting a huge advance.
▪ She has a sharp cutting edge and woe betide the Europhile who treads on her toes.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Betide

Betide \Be*tide"\ (b[-e]*t[imac]d"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betided, Obs. Betid; p. pr. & vb. n. Betiding.] [OE. bitiden; pref. bi-, be- + tiden, fr. AS. t[=i]dan, to happen, fr. t[=i]d time. See Tide.] To happen to; to befall; to come to; as, woe betide the wanderer.

What will betide the few ?
--Milton.

Betide

Betide \Be*tide"\, v. i. To come to pass; to happen; to occur.

A salve for any sore that may betide.
--Shak.

Note: Shakespeare has used it with of. ``What would betide of me ?''

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
betide

"to happen, befall," late 12c., from be- + tiden "to happen" (see tide).

Wiktionary
betide

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To happen to. 2 (context intransitive English) To happen; to take place; to bechance or befall.

WordNet
betide

v. become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?" [syn: befall, bechance]

Usage examples of "betide".

This Maximus, that saw this thing betide, With piteous teares told it anon right, That he their soules saw to heaven glide With angels, full of clearness and of light Andt with his word converted many a wight.

There is no more to say, but hastily Some wonder by this cliket shall betide, Which ye shall hearen, if ye will abide.

Yet again his heart misgave him of what might betide that other maiden at Hampton, and he was unquiet, deeming that he must needs follow her thither.

So now she stood by the board in the pavilion with her head drooping humbly, yet smiling to herself and heedful of whatso might betide.

Mak trewth an honesty yor guide, Tho' some may laff an rail, Fear net, whativver ills betide, At last yo must prevail.

They were not apprized of any inconvenience or danger, that betided her.

So the end of it was that the Champions sent messengers to Hampton and the Castle of the Scaur to tell what had betid, and they themselves took the road to the land of the Wheat-wearers, having those women with them not as captives but as free damsels.

Apart from his other merits, Saxby could read, the only employee on the estate with that ability, and he could cast up accounts, and woe betide any tallyman who accidentally cut too many or too few notches on his tally stick.

I wear it, somewhat may betide me which is unmeet to betide a warrior of the Wolfings.

Good-natured banter flew back and forth, wagers were laid, and woe betide the contender who was unhorsed during these practice bouts, for the thing that a knight dreaded even more than he dreaded death was ridicule.

There is no more to say, but hastily Some wonder by this cliket shall betide, Which ye shall hearen, if ye will abide.

And by the way she told Sir Bors de Ganis all how it betid that same night, and how Sir Launcelot leapt out at a window, araged out of his wit.

But first, ere I doe his aduentures tell,In this exploite, me needeth to declare,What did betide to the faire Pastorell,During his absence left in heauy care,Through daily mourning, and nightly misfare:Yet did that auncient matrone all she might,To cherish her with all things choice and rare.

I blame him thus, that he consider'd not In time coming what might him betide, But on his present lust* was all his thought, *pleasure And for to hawk and hunt on every side.

If that thou vouchesafe, whatso betide, Thy daughter will I take, ere that I wend,* *go As for my wife, unto her life's end.