hab or nab
English
editEtymology
editProbably representing a present subjunctive and a negative form of have. Compare Old English hæbbe, næbbe, and the negative particle ne.
Adverb
edit- (obsolete) Win or lose; however things turn out, in any case. [16th–19th c.]
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:, II.6:
- But hab or nab [translating à toutes adventures] we can never take too much advantage of it.