span-neue
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old Norse spān-nȳr (“new chips; fresh shavings”),[1] with influence from neue.[2]
Adjective[edit]
span-neue
- 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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “span-new, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “span-neue adj.”, in Middle English Compendium[1], 2023 December, retrieved 2024-03-26