methinks

Etymology
From, from +  (from ); equivalent to  +. The modern syntax would be "it makes me think". Compare synonymous German, Old Norse   (Icelandic ).

Contraction

 * 1)  It seems to me.

Usage notes
In Early Modern English, used at least 150 times by William Shakespeare; in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer, ; and in Old English by Alfred the Great,.

Translations

 * Arabic: يَبْدُو لِي
 * Bulgarian: струва ми се
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 據我看來, 依我看來, 我認為
 * Czech: mně se zdá
 * Dutch: me dunkt
 * Estonian: mulle tundub, minu meelest
 * Finnish: minusta tuntuu, mielestäni
 * French: il me semble, il m'apparaît ,
 * Georgian: ალბათ
 * German: mich dünkt, mir dünkt
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: חושבני, חושבתני
 * Hungarian: úgy tűnik, olybá tűnik
 * Icelandic: mér virðist, mér sýnist
 * Italian: mi sembra, mi pare
 * Japanese: 私が思うに
 * Kazakh: меніңше
 * Lithuanian: manding
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: mi dücht, mi dünkt
 * Macedonian: ми се чи́ни
 * Norwegian: det synes meg
 * Polish:, na moje, na mój rozum, , , w moim odczuciu, w moim przekonaniu, w mojej opinii, według mnie
 * Portuguese:, parece-me
 * Romanian: îmi pare
 * Russian: мне ка́жется,, , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: čini mi se
 * Slovak: zdá sa mi
 * Slovene: zdi se mi
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: det tycks mig, det synes mig, mig tyckes
 * Tamil: எனக்கு ... என்று தோன்றுது
 * Turkish: sanırım ki,