Hypertext Webster Gateway: "betide"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Betide \Be*tide"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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 ?''
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
betide
v : become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall
her"; "What has become of my children?" [syn: {befall}, {bechance}]
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