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# methinks

verb

«methinks» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

It seems to me; I think. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/methinks/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer normal; today we say "I think" or "it seems to me". "Methinks" is old, and now used mostly in jokes or old-style writing.

### Examples

- "Ay," said Tom, "methinks he might be master with you. (More English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/methinks/#x1)
- Today, methinks, is a most delicious day for a poet. (Andersen's Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/methinks/#x2)
- And so, methinks, the Priest may whistle for his money!" (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/methinks/#x3)

### Note

Today: I think; it seems to me.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «methinks» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/methinks/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«methinks» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/methinks.html) on Mova free.