RATH

Etymology 1

Noun

rath (plural raths)

(historical) A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime between the Iron Age and the Viking Age.

Etymology 2

Noun

rath (plural raths)

A Burmese carriage of state.

Etymology 3

Adjective

rath (comparative more rath, superlative most rath)

Alternative form of rathe.

Anagrams

• Arth, HART, Hart, Thar, hart, tahr, thar

Source: Wiktionary


Rath, n. Etym: [Ir. rath.]

1. A hill or mound. [Ireland] Spencer.

2. A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.

Rath, Rathe, a. Etym: [AS. hræ\'eb, hræd, quick, akin to OHG. hrad, Icel. hrathr.]

Definition: Coming before others, or before the usual time; early. [Obs. or Poetic] Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies. Milton.

Rath, Rathe, adv.

Definition: Early; soon; betimes. [Obs. or Poetic] Why rise ye up so rathe Chaucer. Too rathe cut off by practice criminal. Spencer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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