'Rathe' definitions:
Definition of 'Rathe'
From: GCIDE
- Rath \Rath\, Rathe \Rathe\, adv. Early; soon; betimes. [Obs. or Poetic] [1913 Webster]
- Why rise ye up so rathe? --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Too rathe cut off by practice criminal. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rathe'
From: GCIDE
- Rath \Rath\, Rathe \Rathe\ (r[a^]th), a. [AS. hr[ae][eth], hr[ae]d, quick, akin to OHG. hrad, Icel. hra[eth]r.] Coming before others, or before the usual time; early. [Obs. or Poetic] [1913 Webster]
- Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Rath