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

(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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