Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Rath"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rath \Rath\, n. [Ir. rath.]
1. A hill or mound. [Ireland] --Spencer.
2. A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rath \Rath\, Rathe \Rathe\, 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]
Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rath \Rath\, Rathe \Rathe\, adv.
Early; soon; betimes. [Obs. or Poetic]
Why rise ye up so rathe? --Chaucer.
Too rathe cut off by practice criminal. --Spencer.
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