span-neue

Middle English

Alternative forms
  • spanneu, spanneneu, spanneneue, spannewe, sponneue, sponneoue

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse spān-nȳr (“new chips; fresh shavings”),[1] with influence from neue.[2]

Adjective

span-neue

  1. brand new
    • c. 1300, Havelok the Dane:
      Þe cok bigan of him to rewe, And bouthe him cloþes, al spannewe.
      The cook began to pity him, and bought him brand new clothes.

Descendants
  • English: span-new
  • Scots: spang-new

References
  1. “span-new, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. “span-neue adj.”, in Middle English Compendium‎, 2023 December, retrieved 2024-03-26
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