Rathe

From Middle English, from Old English hræþ, hræd ("quick, nimble, ready, active, alert, prompt"), from Proto-Germanic *hraþaz, *hradaz ("quick, rapid"), from Proto-Indo-European *kret- ("quick; to move quickly"). Cognate with Dutch rad ("quick, swift"), German gerade ("straight, direct"), Norwegian rad ("quick, direct"), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌸𐍃 (raþs, "easy").

Full definition of rathe

Adjective

1. (poetic) ripening or blooming early.
• MiltonBring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies.

From Middle English, from Old English hraþe ("quickly"), from Proto-Germanic *hraþô ("quickly, rapidly"), from *hraþaz ("quick, rapid"). See above.

Adverb

1. (obsolete) Quickly.
2. (poetic) Early in the morning.

Anagrams

• Earth, earth, hater, heart, rehat, Terah