118 Accidence [§§255-9 fern, anþara. The remaining ordinals are declined weak like blinda (§ 237). 3. Other Numerals. § 255. Bolh is expressed by masc. nom. bái, ace. bans, dat. báim, neut. nom. ace. ba; also by masc. nom. bajōþs, dat. bajōþum. § 256. The only extant simple distributive numeral is tweihnál, two each, of which the fern. ace. tweihnōs, dat. tweihnáim, occur. Distributive numerals are expressed by prepositional or pronominal phrases : bi twans aíþþáu máist þrins, by twos or at most by threes; ana hrarjanōh (§ 275) fimfUguns, by fifties in each (company); insanđida ins twans hranzuh (§ 276), he sent them forth two and two. § 257. Multiplicatives are formed by adding the adj. falþ- to the cardinals. They are áinfalþs, onefold, simple ; fidurfalþs, fourfold; taíhuntaíhundfalþs, hundredfold; managfalþs, manifold. NOTE.—Observe that instead of fiđwSr we have flđor- in compounds; other examples are : flđurđōgs (adj.), space of four days; fidurragineis, tetrarchate; cp. OE. fy$eTíēte,fourfooted. § 258. Numeral adverbs in answer to the question, how often ? are expressed by numerals together with the dat. sing, and pi. of *sinbs, time (lit. agoing): áinamma sinþa, once; anþaramma sinþa, a second time; twáim sinþam. twice; þrim sinþam, thrice; fimf sinþam, five times; sibun sinþam, seven times; cp. OE. tēne sícSa, once; fif sītSum, five times. CHAPTER XII PRONOUNS § 259. The most difficult chapter in works on comparative grammar is the one dealing with the pronouns. It is impossible to state with any degree of certainty how