spannew

spannew
, adj. Alys. 4055. HD. 968; lit. ‘as new as a chip,’ from AS. spon, a chip; cf. Swed. ‘spillerny’ == span-new, with Sw. spiltra, a splinter, and Engl. ‘spill’

Oldest English Words. 2014.

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