Etymology:
- From Early Modern English, loosely translating into modern-day English to mean May woe rise up against, formerly used to decry a person's actions. Grammatically, it is a phrase whose verb is in the subjunctive mood.
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Woe betide you if you try that with my sister again!
Submitted on July 07, 2010
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