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genitive of een, one; Old Germ. eines, genitive of ein, one ; 
Germ. einst, (for eines, ) formerly. 
2. Twice, (Old Eng. twies, twyes,) two times. Thus, 
As presente twies— Wiclif: 2 Cor. 13: 2. 
Twyes is somer in that lond.—Kyng 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. 
VY. This genitive is found in some pronouns. 
1. Else, (Old Eng. elles, ellys, ellis, els ; Scott. ellis ;) otherwise. 
Elles wyder.—R. Gloucester. 
Let honge me edlys.—Piers Plouhman. 
Ellis ye schuln have no mede at youre fadir that is in hev- 
enes.— Wiclif: Mat. 6: 1. 
Or els ye get no rewarde of youre father which is in heven.— 
Tyndale: Mat. 6: 1. 
All that els I saw.— Spenser. 
Hilse here is the genitive of the root of Gr. didoc, Lat. alius, 
Goth. as. Comp. Anglo-Sax. elles, Old Germ. alies, clies, 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 hennes.—Piers Plouhman. 
Passe thou hennes.— Wiclif: Mat. 17 : 20. 
Ye schulen not se me fro hennes forthe.— Wiclif : Mat. 23: 39. 
Hens over a mile.—Chaucer. 
lence here probably has the termination of the genitive. 
Comp. Anglo-Sax. heona, (Lat. hinc, Provence. hereance ;) Germ. 
hinnen. 
3. Thence, (Old Eng. thennes, thennis, thens ;) from that place. 
And he ghede out fro thennes.— Wiclif: Mark 6: 1. 
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, whethence ;) from what place. 
Of whennes to this, alle these thingis—Wiclif: Mark 6: 2. 
