span-new

== English == === Alternative forms === spang-new === Etymology === From Middle English span-neue, from Old Norse spān-nȳr. Compare spick-and-span, spandy. === Adjective === span-new (comparative more span-new, superlative most span-new) (archaic) brand new Synonym: (archaic) fire-new ==== Descendants ==== → Welsh: newydd sbon (partial calque) === References === “span-new”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.