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Rathe

//ɹeɪð// adj, adv, name

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Ripening or blooming early. poetic

    "Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies."

Adverb
  1. 1
    Quickly. obsolete
  2. 2
    Early in the morning. poetic
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English rathe, from Old English hraþe, from Proto-West Germanic *hraþō, *hradō (“quickly”), from *hraþ, *hrad (“quick”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kret- (“quick; to move quickly”). Cognate with German Low German radd, ratt (“rashly; quickly; hastily”), and German gerade (“now, just, exactly”); compare Dutch rad (“quick, swift”), Norwegian rad (“quick, direct”), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌰 (raþiza, “easier”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English rathe, from Old English hraþe, from Proto-West Germanic *hraþō, *hradō (“quickly”), from *hraþ, *hrad (“quick”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kret- (“quick; to move quickly”). Cognate with German Low German radd, ratt (“rashly; quickly; hastily”), and German gerade (“now, just, exactly”); compare Dutch rad (“quick, swift”), Norwegian rad (“quick, direct”), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌰 (raþiza, “easier”).

Etymology 3

* As a German surname, variant of Rath. * As a southern German surname, from a pet form of the name Konrad. * As a French surname, variant of Ratte.

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