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   betide

   /bɪˈtʌɪd/

   verb

   • 1. happen: literary "I waited with beating heart, not knowing what would betide"
   • ▪ happen to (someone): literary "she was trembling with fear lest worse might betide her"

   Word Origin Middle English: from be- (as an intensifier) + obsolete tide ‘befall’, from Old English tīdan ‘happen’, from tīd (see tide).

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • B

     3

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

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