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genitive of een, one; Old Germ. eines, ghuitive of ein, one; 
Germ. einst, (for pra formerly. _ 
2. Twice, (Old Eng. twies, twyes,) two times. Thus; 
As presente twies.— Wichif: 2 Cor. 13: 2. 
Twyes is somer in that lond. er Alisaunder. 
Twice here is the genitive of two. 
3. Thrice, (Old Eng. thries, thryse,) three times. ‘Thus, 
Thries 1 was betun.— Wiclif: 2 Cor. 11: 25. 
Thou shalte denye me thryse.— Bible, 1551. 
Thrice here is the genitive of three. 
V. This genitive is found in some pronouns. 
1. Else, (Old Eng. elles, ellys, ellis, els ; Boothe ellis ;) otherwise. 
Elles wyder.—R. Gloucester. 
- Let honge me ellys.—Piers Plouhman. 
Ellis ye schuln have no mede at youre fadir that is in hev- 
enes.— Wiclif: Mat. 6 
Or els ye get no rewarde of youre father which is in heven.— 
Tyndale: Mat. 6: 1. 
All that els I saw.—Spenser. 
Else here is the genitive of the root of Gr. doz, Lat. alius, 
Goth. alis. Comp. Anglo-Sax. elles, Old Germ. alies, elies, alles, 
allas, ellies, Dan. ellers; in all which forms s is the termination 
of the genitive. 
2. Hence, (Old Eng. hennes, hennis, hens ; also han, henne ;) 
from this place. 
_ Holynesse and love han ben longe. _,  ailans Plouhman. 
Passe thou hennes.— Wiclif: Mat. 17 
Ye schulen not se me fro hennes Seibert aie Mat. 23 : 39. 
Hens over a mile.—Chaucer. 
Hence here probably has the termination of the genitive. 
Prva nciertins heona, (Lat: hinc, Proveng. hereance ;) Germ. 
hinn 
By a (Old Eng. cers thennis, thens ;) from that place. 
- And he ghede out fro thennes.— Wiclif: Mark 6: 
- They thennes went.—Chaucer. 
From thensforth.—Chaucer. 
Thence here probably has the termination of the genitive. 
Comp. Anglo-Sax. thanan ; Germ. dannen ; Proveng. thereance. 
4. Whence, (Old Eng. whennes, whsthoiiid;9 from what place. 
Of whennes to this, alle these thingis.—Wiclif: Mark 6: 2. 
