100 On the Adverbial Genitive Case in English. 
From whens hath he these thinges ?— T'yndale : 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 ?—Tyn- 
dale: Mark 9: 21. 
For sence the fathers dyed, all thinges continue.— Tyndale : 
2 Retys: 4: 
And therefore 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. Comp. 
Anglo-Sax. sithen, siththan, syththan ; Dutch sinds ; Germ. seit. 
6. Thus, (Old Eng. this ;) in this manner. 
He hath lain this 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 st. 
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. 
to-geanes, to-genes, to-gegnes, 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 between again and against 
does not exist in the other dialects. 
2. Alongst, (obsolete, see Dr. Webster; Old Eng. alongest ; 
Scott. dangis ;) by the length. 
To sayle alongest by the lande.—Nicolls : Thucyd. 1550. 
