methinks
意味
- 《古》(…と)私には思われる
例文
But, soft! Methinks I scent the morning air; brief let me be.
や、はや吹き初むる朝明の風。言葉短に物語らん。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English me thinketh from Old English mē þynceþ (from þyncan (“to seem”)); equivalent to me (indirect object pronoun, as in “show me it”) + think (“to seem”). Compare synonymous Flemish me dunkt, German mir/mich dünkt, Old Norse mér þykkir (Icelandic mér þykir). Compare meseems.