koste es, was es wolle

Etymology
lit. 'it may cost what it will'. Probably after. Compare the variant above, which is equivalent to the French variant, further the early attestation below (in a translation from French), and finally 🇨🇬, which last is clearly a.

Phrase

 * 1) at all costs; whatever it takes
 * 2) * 1627, anonymous translator, Beutelschneider, oder newe warhaffte vnd eigentliche Beschreibung der Diebs Historien (translation of: François de Calvi, Histoire générale des larrons), Frankfurt, p. 190
 * "de"
 * "de"

- Solches entdecket er ſeinem Knecht vnd bittet jhn/ er woͤlle doch auff mittel vnnd wege ſich bedencken/ wie er ſolcher Jungfrawen moͤge maͤchtig werden/ vnnd ſolte es auch koſten/ was es woͤlle: