Category:Rath

Rath, n. Etym: [ir. rath.]

1. A hill or mound. [ireland] spencer.

2. A kind of ancient fortification found in ireland.

Rath; rathe Rath, rathe, a. Etym: [as. hræ\'eb, hræd, quick, akin to ohg. hrad, Icel. hrathr.]

Defn: coming before others, or before the usual time; early. [obs. or Poetic] Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies. Milton.

Rath; rathe Rath, rathe, adv.

Defn: early; soon; betimes. [obs. or poetic] Why rise ye up so rathe chaucer. Too rathe cut off by practice criminal. Spencer.