[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rath \rath\, rathe \rathe\ ra^th, a. as. hraeeth,
   hraed, quick, akin to ohg. hrad, icel. hraethr.
   coming before others, or before the usual time; early. obs.
   or poetic
   1913 webster

         bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies. --milton.
   1913 webster rath

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rath \rath\, rathe \rathe\, adv.
   early; soon; betimes. obs. or poetic
   1913 webster

         why rise ye up so rathe?                 --chaucer.
   1913 webster

         too rathe cut off by practice criminal.  --spenser.
   1913 webster

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