a. Obs. rare. [Southern form of SPAN-NEW a.] Perfectly new.
13[?]. K. Alis., 4055. Richeliche he doþ him schrede, In spon neowe knytis wede.
a. 1400. Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS., 75/586. Heil whos sone has wrouht Al vr hele sponnewe.
