Middle English Dictionary Entry
bitīden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | bitīden v. Forms: sg. 3 bitīdeth, bitit(t; p. bitid(de; ppl. bitid(d, -titt; perf. is bitid. |
| Etymology | From tīden (OE tīdan). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To happen, come to pass; cas, chaunce, hap bitidde, it so happened; (b) (hit) bitideth (bitit), bitidde, it (so) happens, happened; (c) what-so bitide, (bi)tide what ~, whatever may happen, come what may; for nought ~, under no circumstances.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2358 : Sone it was king pharaon kid, Hu ðis newe tiding wurð bi-tid.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)32 : As happe by-tidde.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2211 : To help hem fro harm, ȝif any hap bi-tidde.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2599 : God..hath suffred this bityde by iuste cause resonable.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.934 : For auentures whiche that may bityde [vr. fall].
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.1779 : Thou nost what chance schal betyde.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2495 : Bitid a stund þai samen smate In a dale.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.1390 : I shal ek shewen hym, yf pees bytyde, What frendes that ich have.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1641 : And swich a cas bitidde..That Troilus wel understod [etc.].
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.3.13 : Thanne moot it nedes ben, that alle thinges betyden the whiche that the purveaunce of God hath seyn byforn to comen.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.4.54 : Scholden thanne thingis that comen of fre wil ben constreyned to bytiden by necessite?
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.6.239 : Thei hadden power noght to han bytyd.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)8405 : When sich sorowful cas bitid..the bischop con comaunde & bidde [etc.].
b
- a1250(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Mdst A.13)225 : If it so bitideþ, þat tu bern weldest hwiles it his litel, ler hit mannes þewes.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1107 : Hit bitidde ene swo.
- a1300 Owl & N.(Jes-O 29)52 : If ich þe heolde on myne vote, So hit bitide þat ich mote!
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)543 : Also hit mot bitide, Mid spere ischal furst ride.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)236 : Hit bytydde þat he wente a pilgrinage.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)549 : Ȝif it so bi-tidde.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2215 : Hit bi-tidde þat time, þei trauailed al a niȝt.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.900 : How may it bityde?
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.6254 : Therupon it is betidd, Diane..unto a welle..Was come.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)3024 : Bitide [Frf: be-tidde; Göt: Be-tid] apon a dai, it fell Þat þir breþer þam plaijd samen.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)61 : Hit bi-tydde sum-tyme in þe termes of Jude, [etc.].
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.48 : Som men grave in tree, some in ston wal, As it bitit.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.345 : As it bitit ful ofte.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.1.98 : It bytidde and ran togidre [L conuenit atque concurrit] that he dalf there.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)39/136 : For synne it xal be so be-tydde, þat vengeauns of flood xal werke þis manase.
c
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)55 : Tide wat bitide, ȝit wole þi swefne be.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2739 : Þat cuntre will y se, What auentour so bi tide.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2261 : No fote schal we fle, for nouȝt bi-tides.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Th.(Manly-Rickert)B.2064 : Bityde [vr. tide] what bityde.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.1607 : Thei scholde lete in ate gate No maner man, what so betydde.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)1855 : What-euere be-tyde, Hom ageyn I wyl neuer more go.
- a1450 SLeg.Suppl.Bod.(Bod 779)420/86 : Tyde what be-tyde.
2.
(a) To happen (to sb.); befall, afflict; of good fortune, health, etc.: to come (to sb.), be (one's) share; -- with personal obj. or to, with phrase; (b) to be (one's) lot or fate; -- with personal obj. or to phrase; (c) wel (foul) the bitide!, good (bad) luck to you!
Associated quotations
a
- a1225 Lamb.Hom.Pater N.(Lamb 487)71/284 : Ac ȝif us eni ufel bitit, þonke we gode in ure wit.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)125/4 : Al swuch me mei bitiden [Corp-C: ilimpen], bute ȝif God me holde.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)2237 : Wel þe sal bityde [Clg: sel þe scal iwurðen]..ich þe wolle habbe..to mine oȝene cwene.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1477 : Louerd, muche was þe schame þo þat holi churche bi-tidde.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)357 : Louerd, quat same is me bi-tid.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)4464 : Noiȝe him gan bitide.
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)1031 : Ȝif hem any harm bytit.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Th.(Manly-Rickert)B.1949 : Hym hadde almest Bitydde [vr. Ytid] a sory care.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4035 : Til esau bitid [Trin-C: fel] ebron.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11789 : It be-tide to [Göt: bitid till] pharaon, Wit al his folk he was for-don.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13777 : Quen þair hele þam suld bitide.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.393 : Man..may nouȝt wel astert, Þat ne some tymes hym bitit [vrr. bitid, bitidiþ] to folwen his kynde.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)503 : Þat nyght thus gate yt betidde With þe byshop of þat countre.
- a1425(a1396) Maidstone PPs. (Wht)186 : Þe sadde betyng That to the synful schal be-tyde.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.3.32 : Of any wrong or grevance that bytydde the.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)897 : Me ne schal nouȝt bytyde that cas.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)578 : This caas that betyd the is, Is for thy lore.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)3.11.55a : What myschief schuld us be tyde for oure foule synne.
b
- c1300 Horn (LdMisc 108)1219 : My mete for to bidde, So hyt me by tidde.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3450 : A man woot litel what hym shal bityde.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.11.8 : Yif it schal betyde me to knowe also togidre God that is good.
c
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)2.86 : Ar þis weddyng beo wrouȝt, wo þe beo-tyde [B: bityde]!
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)3.166 : Alle that meynteneth here men, meschaunce hem bityde!
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)397 : Blysse, burne, mot þe bytyde!
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3015 : Foule hym bityde!
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)901 : Welle þe betyde!
3.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)13866 : He say him al mournyng bi-tid, For iewes so had him chid.
- a1425(a1396) Maidstone PPs. (Wht)96 : Thoo wrecches are ful woo bytidde.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.186 : A swynherd made his ende..he slewe hym so betyd.
4.
(a) To happen (to) or become (of sb., sth.); (b) evil mot he bitide!, may he fare badly!, bad luck to him!
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)37/31 : Hway swo æure of him betide, ne wurþ hie naht un-forȝolden.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)2015 : Þat we ne beo in wanhope, what of sunne by-tydde.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2592 : To what ende they shul come or what shal finally bityde of hem.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)53 : Merlyn..seide to the kynge..how it wes be-tid of this man.
b
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)1270 : 'He can not ryde'..'Evil mut he betyde!'