betide
Often used in a prediction or a wish: to happen toOften used in a prediction (chiefly in woe betide) or a wish: to happen to (someone or something); to befall.
Meaning
2 senses(dated, literary, transitive, usually)Often used in a prediction (chiefly in woe betide) or a wish: to happen to (someone or something); to befall.
Whether good or ill betide you, trust in yourself.
(dated, intransitive, literary)Chiefly in the third person: to happen; to take place; to bechance, to befall.
beschieden sein, ereilen, zuteilwerden
случи́тьсяslučítʹsja, случа́тьсяslučátʹsja, происходи́тьproisxodítʹ
- become of; happen to
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English bityden [and other forms]; from bi- (prefix forming verbs, usually witFrom 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”).
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Forms
betides, betiding, betid, betidSynonyms
22 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle