3. OTHER NUMERALS.

§ 147. A distributiv numeral is =tweihnai=, _two apiece, two-and-two_,

extant in the dat. f. =tweihnaim= and acc. f. =tweihnôs=.

NOTE. All other distributivs ar exprest by means of the cardinals

along with =ƕazuh=, =ƕarjizuh= (§§ 164. 165) or the prep. =bi=;

as (=insandida ins=) =twans ƕanzuh=, _two and two_; Lu. X, 1; =bi

twans=; I. Cor. XIV, 27.

§ 148. Multiplicativs ar formd by means of the adj. =falþ-=:

=ainfalþs=, _onefold_; =fidurfalþs=, _fourfold_; =taíhuntaíhund-falþs=,

_hundredfold_; =managfalþs=, _manifold_.

§ 149. Numeral adverbs answering the question 'how many times', 'how

often'? ar exprest by the dat. sg. =sinþa= or by the dat. pl. =sinþam=

(nom. sg. =sinþs=, _time_, lit. '_a going_') preceded by the cardinals:

=ainamma sinþa=, _onse_; =twaim sinþam=, _twice_; =þrim sinþam=,

_thrice_; =fimf s.=, _five times_; =sibun s.=, _seven times_.--With an

ordinal numeral: =anþaramma sinþa=, _a second time_.

NOTE. Also the n. =þridjô=, _a third time_, is uzed adverbially

(II. Cor. XII, 14).

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