rathe

[ reyth ]

/ reɪð /

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adjective

Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.

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Also rath

[rath]. /ræθ/.

Origin of rathe

before 900; Middle English; Old English hræth, hræd quick, active; cognate with Dutch rad,Old Norse hrathr

OTHER WORDS FROM rathe

rathely, adverbratheness, noun

Words nearby rathe

ratfish, rat guard, rath, ratha, Rathbone, rathe, Rathenau, rather, Rathke's pouch, rathole, rathouse

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How to use rathe in a sentence

"Be over for you," the other added; and later he was crowded into a rear seat between Louise, his daughter, and Caroline Rathe.
The Happy End|Joseph Hergesheimer
Bernard was in front with the chauffeur, and Frederick Rathe occupied a small seat at the knees of the three others.
The Happy End|Joseph Hergesheimer
August Turnbull repeated the favorite aphorisms from Frederick Rathe about the higher man.
The Happy End|Joseph Hergesheimer
No; I can't rathe you up a hill, though I can fall down the hill fathter than you can, but I will help you up.
The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills|Janet Aldridge

Couldn't very well thell the whole rathe, ath it were, for a couple of hundred poundth, after that.
Passing of the Third Floor Back|Jerome K. Jerome

British Dictionary definitions for rathe

rathe

rath (rɑːθ)

/ (reɪð) /

adjective archaic, or literary

blossoming or ripening early in the season

eager or prompt

Word Origin for rathe

Old English hrathe; related to Old High German hrado, Old Norse hrathr

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