{ Rath, Rathe } (rth), a. [AS. hræð, hræd, quick, akin to OHG. hrad,
Icel. hraðr.] Coming before others, or before the usual time; early.
[Obs. or Poetic]
Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies.
Milton.
{ Rath, Rathe, } adv. Early; soon; betimes. [Obs. or Poetic]
Why rise ye up so rathe?
Chaucer.
Too rathe cut off by practice criminal.
Spenser.