† misbetidev.
Obsolete.
transitive (impersonal) and intransitive = misbefall v. 2.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > happen unfortunately [verb (intransitive)] > suffer misfortune or a mishap
mishappenc1230
mishapc1385
mistidec1390
spill1390
misbetide?a1400
misfalla1400
mistime1402
misfortune?a1425
misbefallc1450
miscapea1535
mischancea1542
to come home by unhappinessc1555
mislucka1617
buy1825
pratfall1940
schlimazel1963
the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > go wrong > for a person
misbefalla1250
misbetide?a1400
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 11567 I trowe þam salle mysbetide [a1450 Lamb. þei schul ȝit mis-bytide] for þer couetise & pride.
c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 6734 (MED) Alas, that euere him mys-be-tid.
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. 892 (MED) He seith that mysbitide [L. noceri] Shal neither seed or tre by worme or beeste.
a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) 5480 (MED) If his help be my guyde, Neuer shal I mis-betid.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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