betide

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English bityden [and other forms]; from bi- (prefix forming verbs, usually with a completive, figurative, or intensive sense) + tyden (“to come about, happen, occur; to befall, become of, happen to (someone); to be the fate of (someone); to await (someone); to fare, get along”); tyden is derived from Old English tīdan (“to befall, betide, happen”), related to tīd (“time; season; hour”) (both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to divide, share”) or its extended form *deh₂-y-, whence *dh₂ítis (“time”)) + -an (suffix forming the infinitive of most verbs). The English word is analysable as be- +‎ tide (“(obsolete) to happen, occur”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɪˈtaɪd/ (General American) IPA(key): /bəˈtaɪd/ Rhymes: -aɪd Hyphenation: be‧tide === Verb === betide (third-person singular simple present betides, present participle betiding, simple past and past participle betid or betided) (dated, literary) (transitive) Often used in a prediction (chiefly in woe betide) or a wish: to happen to (someone or something); to befall. (intransitive) Chiefly in the third person: to happen; to take place; to bechance, to befall. Synonyms: (archaic) betime, come to pass, occur, (obsolete) tide, transpire; see also Thesaurus:happen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== woe betide ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === debite