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Rath

Rāth, n.

noun

n. [Ir. rath.] [Obs.]

A hill or mountain. Spenser.
A fortress.

Rāth or Rāthe, a.

adjective

a. [A.-S. hrādh, hrād, quick, hasty, O. H. Ger. hrad, hradi, quick, Icel. hradr, id., Goth. raths, easy. Cf. READY.] Coming before others, or before the usual time; early. “The men of rathe and riper years.” Tennyson.

Bring the rathe primrose, that forsaken dies. Milton.

Rāth or Rāthe, adv.

adverb

Early; betimes. “Too rathe cut off by practice criminal.” Spenser.

Held her from her sleep Till rathe she rose. Tennyson.