† beˈtiding, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. betide v. + ing1.]
Happening, occurrence.
| c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. 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. |