Rath /(răth)/

Rath

n.
  1. A hill or mound. [Ireland]
  2. A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.

Rath

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

Rath

adv.
  1. Early; soon; betimes. [Obs. or Poetic]
    Why rise ye up so rathe?
    Too rathe cut off by practice criminal.