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. 
A, Ships, in midships, amidships, thwartships, athwartships, 
is the genitive of shzp. 
III. This genitive is found in a few adjectives, either with or 
without a preposition preceding. 
1. Askance, obliquely. Comp. Dutch schwins, obliquely, where 
s is the genitive termination. 
2. Soons in Old English eftsones or eftsoons, soon afterwards, 
compounded of Anglo-Sax. eft, afterwards, and sones, soon. ‘Thus, 
Moyses eftsones resorting to Damascus.— Grower. 
Crying eftsoons alowd.—Holland. 
Fiftsoons 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 wnwares.— Tyndale: Luke 21: 34. 
Jacob stole away unawares to Laban.—Gen. 31: 10. 
Let destruction come upon him at wnawares.—Ps. 35: 8. 
Unawares here is the genitive of unaware. Comp. Anglo- 
Sax. wnawares, 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. einwarts, auswarts, ab- 
warts, aufwarts, unterwarts, niederwarts, vorwarts, ruckwirts, 
seitwarts, herwarts, thalwarts. Anglo-Sax. wteweardes, towardes 
or Zoweardes, upweardes, 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, onis ;) one time, formerly. 
Thus, 
For and thy wyfe may onys aspye.—Poem in the time of Hen- 
ry I. 
He was deed oonys.— Wiclif: Rom. 6: 10. 
Once here is the genitive of one. Comp. Dutch eens, once, 
