methought

[ mi-thawt ]

/ mɪˈθɔt /

simple past tense of methinks.

Words nearby methought

methinks

[ mi-thingks ]

/ mɪˈθɪŋks /

it seems to me.

before 900; Middle English me thinketh, Old English me thyncth. See me, think², -s²

When Titania awakens from her spell she famously says, "Methought I was enamored of an ass."

Kathleen Turner's New Broadway High |Kevin Sessums |April 17, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Methought I went one day to church to hear a revered elderly relative of mine preach.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 |Various
Methought they were the daintier did they hold some sweet contents, and so I took them and bore them off, and found them void.

Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 |Various
Whom did Ivanhoe think of when he said, “Methought there was but one man in England that might do such a deed”?

The Literary World Seventh Reader |Various

They were aye out-o'-door save when 'twas rainy weather, and then methought the castle had scarce room enough for them.

A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales |Amelie Rives
Methought thou wert indifferently well provided in that respect.

Constance Sherwood |Lady Georgiana Fullerton

methought

/ (mɪˈθɔːt) /

archaic the past tense of methinks

methinks

/ (mɪˈθɪŋks) /

(tr; takes a clause as object) archaic it seems to me