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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Rath

/(răth)/ · IPA /ɹæθ/
01 n. A hill or mound.
  1. 1.
    A hill or mound.[Ireland]
  2. 2.
    A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.
02 a. Coming before others, or before the usual time; early.
  1. 1.
    Coming before others, or before the usual time; early.[Obs. or Poetic]
    “Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies.” — Milton.
03 adv. Early; soon; betimes.
  1. 1.
    Early; soon; betimes.[Obs. or Poetic]
    “Why rise ye up so rathe?” — Chaucer.
    “Too rathe cut off by practice criminal.” — Spenser.