hab or nab
English
Etymology
Probably representing a present subjunctive and a negative form of have. Compare Old English hæbbe, næbbe, and the negative particle ne.
Adverb
hab or nab
- (obsolete) Win or lose; however things turn out, in any case. [16th-19th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:, II.6:
- But hab or nab [transl. à toutes adventures] we can never take too much advantage of it.
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