Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Span-new \Span"-new`\, a. [Icel. sp[=a]nn?r, properly, new as a
   ship just split; sp[=a]nn chip + n?r new. See {Spoon}, and
   {New}.]
   Quite new; brand-new; fire-new. ``A span-new archbishop's
   chair.'' --Fuller.