betide
verb (used with object)
to happen to; come to; befall.
will betide
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future tenseof betide.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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He answered, "Have no fear thereof, goodwife; something worth telling of will betide if I come not back."
From The Story of Grettir the Strong by William Morris
I shall think of you as resting under the very shadow of heaven, and no ill, I am sure, will betide you.
From Hubert's Wife A Story for You by Minnie Mary Lee
Come, if thou darest, and sit by my side; But do not touch me, or woe will betide.
From Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women by George MacDonald
To make this augurie plainer, when the voyce Of D'Amboys shall invoke me, I will rise Shining in greater light, and shew him all160 That will betide ye all.
From Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois by Frederick S. Boas
Who rides for me?" he cried, "And ask of the Chief the countersign, Upon a daring ride; Though never the lad come back again With the good that will betide.
From Ballads of Peace in War by Michael Earls
