hav
v. C1 Advanced hav
v. to have. This is a very old way of saying 'have' that you might see in old books or songs.
v. to possess or to be in a state of being. An archaic or dialectal form of 'have' used in early modern English and in certain regional dialects.
He did not hav any money to buy the ticket.
In the old manuscript, the author wrote that he did not hav the strength to continue the journey.
The dialect speaker used the form 'hav' to indicate possession, a linguistic feature that has largely disappeared from modern standard English but persists in certain rural communities.