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rathe

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Adjective

CIDE DICTIONARY

rathea. [AS. hræ&edh;, hræd, quick, akin to OHG. hrad, Icel. hra&edh;r.].
     Coming before others, or before the usual time; early.  [1913 Webster]
    "Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies."  [1913 Webster]
ratheadv. 
     Early; soon; betimes.  [1913 Webster]
    "Why rise ye up so rathe?"  [1913 Webster]
    "Too rathe cut off by practice criminal."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

rathe, adj. poet. coming, blooming, etc., early in the year or day.

Idiom
rathe-ripe
1 ripening early.
2 precocious.
Etymology
OE hr{aelig}th, hr{aelig}d f. Gmc

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