100 On the Adverbial Genitive Case in English. 
From whens hath he these thinges ?— Tyndale : Mark 6: 2. 
Whens that she came.— Gower. 
Whence here probably has the termination of the genitive. 
Comp. Anglo-Sax. hwonan, hwanon, Old Germ. hwanan, Germ? 
" wannen. 
5. Since, (Old Eng. sens, sence, sithence, sithens ;) from the 
time. 
How longe is it a goo, sens this hath happened him ?—T'yn- 
dale: Mark 9:21. 
For aoe the fathers dyed, all thinges continue. a ier 
2 Pet. 3: 
And “i sithence the bishop of Rome will now adaies be 
so called.—Jewell. 
For sithens shootinge was neglected.—Ascham. 
Sithence the verie apostles owne times. ~Hooker. 
Before or sithence.— Hooker. 
Since here probably has the termination of the genitive. Game. 
Anglo-Sax. sithen, siththan, syththan ; Dutch sind Germ. seit. 
6. Thus, (Old Eng. this ;) in this manner. 
He hath lain ¢his long at great costes and charges and canne 
not have hys matter come to the hearynge.—Latimer, 1562. 
“ Thus much” for “this much.”— Webster. 
Thus here is the genitive of the or that. Compare Anglo-Sax- 
thus, thes; Dutch dus. The Anglo-Sax. thes, this, is the gen- 
itive singular masculine and neuter of se, theo, that. 
VI. This genitive is found in some words, in which s the sign 
of the genitive is now hardened into sz. 
1. Against, (Old Eng. agens, ageins ;) in opposition to. 
He that is not with me: is agens me.— Wiclif: Mat. 12: 30. 
Ageins nature. —Chaucer. 
Against here is probably the genitive case of an old noun, 
whose meaning cannot be exactly defined. Comp. Anglo-Sax. 
io-geanes, to-genes, to-gagnes, to-gegnes, Dutch tegens. ‘These 
Anglo-Saxon and Dutch forms commence with a different prefix, 
but have the genitive termination. 
Note.—The convenient distinction made in English betweest again and against 
does not exist in the other dialeets. 
2. Alongst, (obsolete, see Dr, Webster; Old Eng. alongest ; 
Scott. Jangis ;) by the length. - 
To sayle alongest by the lande.—WNicolls : Thucyd. 1550. 
