Betide, 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 "
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Betide, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betided, Obs. Betid; p. pr. & vb. n. Betiding.]
To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer. What will betide the few Milton.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for betide; he lists it under happen.
Where he writes about it:
Befall and betide are transitive; happen is intransitive; something befalls or betides a person or happens to him. — from happen
Betide is especially used for anticipated evil, thought of as waiting and coming at its appointed time; as, wo betide him! — from happen
Antonyms
none given