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# methinks

«methinks» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **I think; it seems to me** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic word

### modern equivalent

I think; it seems to me

### part of speech

verb

### meaning for a pupil

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

### how it differs from today

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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/methinks/#x3)

### tests

manual 10.4; corpora 8 (Torah 0, tales 8, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.9 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [Transgression speaketh to the wicked, methinks — there is no fear of God before his eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.561/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «methinks» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/methinks/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.