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betide

[bih-tahyd] / bɪˈtaɪd /


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“Here stand I, Vidrik Verlandson,    With a sword, so good, at my side; I came to wake thee up from thy sleep,    Betide whatever betide.”

From Romantic Ballads, Translated from the Danish; and Miscellaneous Pieces by Borrow, George Henry

I used to think, should e'er mishap Betide my crumple-visaged Ti, In shape of prowling thief, or trap, Or coarse bull-terrier—I should die.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

Betide me well, betide me woe,   That hour's for ever mine.

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean

Betide me weal, betide me woe,That weird sall never daunton me;Syne he has kissed her rosy lips,All underneath the Eildon Tree.

From A Collection of Ballads by Lang, Andrew

Then in their sable and mard array    Stepped forward stately knights eleven: “We’ll with Sir Axel swear to-day,    Betide whatever pleases heaven.”

From Axel Thordson and Fair Valborg a ballad by Borrow, George Henry




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