betid

Verb

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

1. (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.
2. (dated, intransitive, literary) Chiefly in the third person: to happen; to take place; to bechance, to befall.
   • If he were dead what would betide of me.c. 1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedy of King Richard the Third. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Sims [and Peter Short] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC...

   Synonyms:

   betime, come to pass, occur, tide, transpire, bechance, befall, behap, belimp, beworth