Definition/Meaning of methinks

• English - Contraction: methinks ( past tense: methought ) ( archaic or humorous ) It seems to me . ~870-899 , Alfred the Great: Forthy me thincth betre , gif iow swæ thincth, thæt we eac sumæ bec ~1350-1400 , Geoffrey Chaucer: Me thinketh accordant to reason To telle you al the condicion 1591 , William Shakespeare , King Richard III : III , i methinks the truth should live from age to age , 1599 , William Shakespeare…
• English - Alternative forms: me thinks , mythinks, my thinks
• English - Etymology: From me (object pronoun = "to me") + think (from Old English þyncan ). In Early Modern English , used at least 150 times by William Shakespeare; in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer , me thinketh ; and in Old English by Alfred the Great , me þyncþ .
• English - Pronunciation: ( UK ) IPA (key) : /mɪˈθɪŋks/
• English - References: Oxford English Dictionary , Second Edition , 1989