methinks

[ mi-thingks ]

/ mɪˈθɪŋks /

verb (impersonal); past me·thought. Archaic.

it seems to me.

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Origin of methinks

before 900; Middle English me thinketh, Old English me thyncth. See me, think², -s²

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Examples from the Web for methinks

Methinks its owner doth protest too much—but wearing such a thing in 1968, he might have had no choice.
Real Men Wear Velvet: The Peacock Male|Blake Gopnik|February 5, 2011|DAILY BEAST
But then, if so, methinks I would hate her (that is, me) more than ever.
A Monk of Fife|Andrew Lang
Methinks you, by your native qualities, are as well entitled to her favor as ever your progenitor could have been.
The Marble Faun, Volume II.|Nathaniel Hawthorne
Now, with a few fair girls to sing a ghuzul or two to us, methinks a heaven might be made out of this wild spot.
Confessions of a Thug|Philip Meadows Taylor

Methinks I was nearly in this frame of mind; the world lay about at this angle.
Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience|Henry David Thoreau
Methinks you would be a kind master; and he is a loving and faithful creature.
Tom Tufton's Travels|Evelyn Everett-Green

British Dictionary definitions for methinks

methinks

/ (mɪˈθɪŋks) /

verb past methought

(tr; takes a clause as object) archaic it seems to me

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Word Origin and History for methinks

methinks

Old English me þyncð "it seems to me," from me (pron.), dative of I, + þyncð, third person singular of þyncan "to seem," reflecting the Old English distinction between þyncan "to seem" and related þencan "to think," which bedevils modern students of the language (see think). The two thinks were constantly confused, then finally merged, in Middle English. Related: Methought.