betides

Meanings

Adverb

  • At any early period.

Verb

  • Third-person singular simple present indicative form of betide

Origin

  • From Middle English be- + tide + -s. Compare Saterland Frisian bietiede ("from time to time; now and then"), German beizeiten, Swedish bitti ("early (in the day)").
  • See betide.

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