98 On the Adverbial Genitive Case in English. 
Sides here is the genitive of side. Comp. Germ. beiseits, aside, 
where s is the termination of the genitive singular masculine. 
4. Ships, in midships, amidships, thwartships, athwariships, 
is the genitive of ship. 
Il. This genitive is found in a few adjectives, either with or 
without a preposition preceding. 
1. Askance, obliquely. vitae Dutch schuins, obliquely, where 
s is the genitive terminatio 
2. Soons in Old English anemia or eftsoons, soon atecpeail 
compounded of Anglo-Sax. eft, afterwards, and sones, soon. Thus, 
Moyses eftsones resorting to Damascus,— Gower. 
Crying eftsoons alowd.—Holland. 
Eftsoons the father of the silver flood.— Thompson. 
Soons here is the genitive of soon. Comp. Anglo-Sax. sones, 
with the termination of the genitive. 
3. Unawares, or at unawares, (Old Eng. unwares ) unexpect 
edly. Thus, 
That daye come on you unwares. = Tgnihale: a: 21: 34, 
Jacob stole away unawares to Laban .— Gen. 
Let destruction come upon him at unawares. _Ps, 35: - 
Unawares here is the ‘genitive of unaware. Comp. Anglo- 
Sax. unawares, which is in the genitive. 
4. Wards, in inwards, outwards, towards, fromwards, onwards, 
upwards, downwards, forwards, backwards, afterwards, side- 
wards, hitherwards, homewards. 
Wards here is the genitive of ward, Lat. versus. Comp. Goth. 
andvairthis, jaindvairths, vithravairths. Old Germ. inwertes, 
uzwertes, anawertes, heimwartes. Germ. einwiirts, auswirts, ab- 
wiirts, aufwarts, unterwirts, niederwirts, vorwarts, ruckwarts, 
seitwirts, herwirts, thalwirts. Anglo-Sax. uteweardes, towardes 
or toweardesyupweardes, fromweardes, hameweardes. 
The termination s in these examples from the kindred dialects 
is evidently the sign of the genitive case. 
IV. This genitive is found in some numerals. 
1. Once, (Old Eng. onys, oonys, detisiads one time, formerly. 
Thus, 
— and thy wyfe may onys aspye. —Poem i in the time of Hur 
ry L 
ka was deed oonys.— Wiclif: Rom. 6: 10. 
Ice here is the genitive of one. Comp. Dutch eens, onees 
