The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

New \New\ (n[=u]), adv.
   Newly; recently. --Chaucer.
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   Note: New is much used in composition, adverbially, in the
         sense of newly, recently, to qualify other words, as in
         new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown.
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   Of new, anew. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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