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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I'll even do as the auld song advises: "Bide me yet, and bide me yet, For I know not what will betide me yet."
From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
"Madame," said he, "if this man comes without force, and you resist the orders of which he is the bearer, what think you will betide?"
From Saint Martin's Summer by Rafael Sabatini
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
The Eldest may at most procure for himself some kind of List or Muster-roll, to take the votes by, and wait what will betide.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
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
