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span-new

[span-noo, -nyoo]
–adjective
brand-new.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME spannewe < ON spānnȳr brand-new, fresh, equiv. to spānn chip shavings, shingle + nȳr new
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span-new   (spān'nōō', -nyōō')   
adj.  Entirely new.

[Middle English spannewe, partial translation of Old Norse spānnȳr : spānn, shingle, chip + nȳr, new; see newo- in Indo-European roots.]
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