we have a
remnant of the old dative in -m. The _sense_ of the word is abverbial; its
form, however, is that of a dative case.

s. 214. _Genitive._--Some call this the possessive case. It is found in
substantives and pronouns (_father's, his_), but not in adjectives. It is
formed like the nominative plural, by the addition of the lene sibilant
(_father, fathers; buck, bucks_); or if the word end in -s, by that of -es
(_boxes_, _judges_, &c.) It is found in both numbers: _the men's hearts_;
_the children's bread_. In the plural number, however, it is rare; so rare,
indeed, that wherever the plural ends in s (as it almost always does),
there is no genitive. If it were not so, we should have such words as
_fatherses_, _foxeses_, _princeses_, &c.

s. 215. _Instrumental._--The following extracts from Rask's "Anglo-Saxon
Grammar," teach us that there exist in the present English two powers of
the word spelt _t-h-e_, or of the so-called definite article--"The
demonstrative pronouns are _thaet, se, se['o]_ (_id, is, ea_), which are
also used for the article; and _this, thes, the['o]s_ (_hoc, hic, haec_).
They are thus declined:--

_Neut._ _Masc._ _Fem._ _Neut._ _Masc._ _Fem._

_Sing N._ thaet se se['o] this thes the['o]s.
_A._ thaet thone th['a] this thisne th['a]s.
\____ _____/ \_____ _____/
\/ \/
_Abl._ th['y] thaere thise thisse.
_D._ th['a]m thaere thisum thisse.
_G._ thaes thaere thises thisse.
\_____ _____/ \_____ _____/
\/ \/
_Plur. N. and A._ th['a] th['a]s.
_Abl. and D._ th['a]m thisum.
_G._ th['a]ra. thissa.

"The indeclinable _the_ is often used instead of _thaet, se, se['o]_, in
all cases, but especially with a relative signification, and, in later
times, as an article. Hence the English article _the_.

"_th['y]_ seems justly to be received as a proper _ablativus instrumenti_,
as it occurs often in this character, even in the masculine gender; as,
_mid th['y] ['a]the_ = _with that oath_ ("Inae Leges," 53). And in the same
place in the dative, _on thaem ['a]the_ = _in that oath_."--Pp. 56, 57.

Hence the