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# betide

verb (betide, betides, betided, betiding) (old use; mostly used in «woe betide»)

«betide» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To betide is to happen to someone, usually something bad. «Woe betide» means trouble will come to a person who does something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betide/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betide/#x1)
- Woe betide anyone who opens the gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betide/#x2)
- No harm can betide you while you are with your guide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betide/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «betide» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betide/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«betide» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/betide.html) on Mova free.