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Betide Bi Tyd Verb Tr Intr Happen English Tidan

Betide means to happen or occur.

Betide means to happen or occur.

Front betide \bi-TYD\
Back verb tr., intr.
To happen.

[From Old English tidan (happen), from tid (time). Earliest documented use: 1297.]

"Whatever betided at the end of Mitt Romney's term and whatever betides in the future, that shouldn't be forgotten." - David A. Mittell Jr.; As the Good Times Roll; Providence Journal (Rhode Island); May 17, 2007. 

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