Rathe Definition

rāth, răth
adjective
Quick; prompt; eager.
Webster's New World
Coming or happening early in the day, year, etc.; esp., blooming or ripening early in the season.
Webster's New World
adverb

(poetic) Early in the morning.

Wiktionary

Origin of 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").

    From Wiktionary

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English quick from Old English hræd, hræth

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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