different between betide vs betime

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??ta?m/
• Rhymes: -a?m

Etymology 1

From Middle English bitimen (“to happen”); equivalent to be- +? time (verb). Compare betide.

Verb

betime (third-person singular simple present betimes, present participle betiming, simple past and past participle betimed)

1. (intransitive) To occur; betide.

Synonyms

• come to pass, transpire; See also Thesaurus:happen

Etymology 2

From Middle English by-tyme (“by time”); equivalent to by +? time.

Adverb

betime (not comparable)

1. Betimes.

Derived terms

• betimely
• betimes

Anagrams

• bite me