betide
verb (betide, betides, betided, betiding) (old use; mostly used in «woe betide»)
Everyday
To betide is to happen to someone, usually something bad. «Woe betide» means trouble will come to a person who does something. tree →
In the lessons
in old tales a warning: «woe betide» is said to frighten someone who breaks a rule.
Examples
- Woe betide thee, nag! tree →
- Woe betide anyone who opens the gate. tree →
- No harm can betide you while you are with your guide. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «betide» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «betide» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/betide/