The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

span-new \span"-new`\ (sp[a^]n"n[=u]`), a. [Icel. sp[=a]nn[=y]r,
   properly, new as a ship just split; sp[=a]nn chip + n[=y]r
   new. See Spoon, and New.]
   Quite new; brand-new; fire-new. "A span-new archbishop's
   chair." --Fuller.
   [1913 Webster]