† betidingn.
Obsolete.
Happening, occurrence.
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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > occurring or happening
chance1297
befallingc1374
betidingc1374
occasionc1390
happening1431
turna1475
event1601
cadence1603
turning up1628
eveniencya1646
cadency1647
coming1651
occurrence1725
eventuation1728
encounter1870
occurrency1920
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. iii. 155 Þe bytidyng of þinges y~wist byforn is necessarie..al þouȝ þat it ne seme nat þat the prescience brynge in necessite of bytydynge of þinges to comen.
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