different between betide vs beride

English

Etymology

From Middle English betiden [and other forms]; from bi- (prefix forming verbs, usually with a completive, figurative, or intensive sense) + tiden (“to come about, happen, occur; to befall, become of, happen to (someone); to be the fate of (someone); to await (someone); to fare, get along”); tidan is derived from Old English t?dan (“to befall, betide, happen”), from t?d (“time; season; hour”) (ultimately either from Proto-Indo-European *deh?- (“to divide, share”) or *d?- (“time”)) + -an (suffix forming the infinitive of most verbs). The English word is analysable as be- +? tide (“(obsolete) to happen, occur”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??ta?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /b??ta?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d
• Hyphenation: be?tide

Verb

betide (third-person singular simple present betides, present participle betiding, simple past and past participle betid or betided) (dated, literary)

1. (transitive) Often used in a prediction (chiefly in woe betide) or a wish: to happen to (someone or something); to befall.
2. (intransitive) Chiefly in the third person: to happen; to take place; to bechance, to befall.

   Synonyms: (archaic) betime, come to pass, occur, (obsolete) tide, transpire; see also Thesaurus:happen

Conjugation

Derived terms

• woe betide

Translations

References

Anagrams

• debite

English

Etymology

From Middle English beriden, biriden, from Old English ber?dan (“to ride round, surround, besiege, overtake, seize, occupy”), equivalent to be- (“around, about”) +? ride. Cognate with Dutch berijden (“to ride a horse, jockey”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?d

Verb

beride (third-person singular simple present berides, present participle beriding, simple past berode, past participle beridden)

1. (transitive) To ride around; beset with horsemen.
2. (transitive) To ride beside or by the side of.
3. (transitive) To ride upon; infest.

Anagrams

• Berdie, bredie, erebid