different between rathe vs raths

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?ð/
• Rhymes: -e?ð

Etymology 1

From Middle English rathe, from Old English hræþ, hræd (“quick, nimble, ready, active, alert, prompt”), from Proto-Germanic *hraþaz, *hradaz (“quick, rapid”), from Proto-Indo-European *kret- (“quick; to move quickly”). Cognate with Dutch rad (“quick, swift”), German gerade (“straight, direct”), Norwegian rad (“quick, direct”), Gothic ???????????????? (raþs, “easy”).

Adjective

rathe (comparative more rathe, superlative most rathe)

1. (poetic) Ripening or blooming early.
   • 1849, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam A.H.H., canto 111:

     Thy converse drew us with delight,
     The men of rathe and riper years:
     The feeble soul, a haunt of fears,
     Forgot his weakness in thy sight.

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Old English hraþe (“quickly”), from Proto-Germanic *hraþô (“quickly, rapidly”), from *hraþaz (“quick, rapid”). See above.

Adverb

rathe (comparative more rathe, superlative most rathe)

1. (obsolete) Quickly.
2. (poetic) Early in the morning.

Alternative forms

• rath

Derived terms

• rather

Anagrams

• Earth, Erath, Harte, Heart, Herat, Herta, Taher, Terah, Thera, earth, hater, heart, rehat, th'are, thare

Middle English

Alternative forms

• rathere, rathest

Etymology

From Old English hræþ, from Proto-Germanic *hraþaz. Compare to rade, from Old English hræd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra?ð/

Adjective

rathe (comparative rather, superlative rathest)

1. eager, decisive
2. rash, hasty, angry
3. early, soon
4. important, meaningful

Descendants

• English: rathe (obsolete)
• Yola: raaye

References

• “r?th(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Adverb

rathe

1. quickly, speedily
2. immediately, at once
3. now, presently

Related terms

• rather, rathere

Descendants

• English: rathe (obsolete)

References

• “r?th(e, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

English

Noun

raths

1. plural of rath

Anagrams

• Arths, HARTs, Stahr, harts, shart, tahrs, thars, trash