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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

METHINKS, v. impers. pp. methought. [me and think.] It seems to me; it appears to me; I think. Me is here in the dative. The word is not antiquated, but is not elegant.

Merriam Webster's

verb impersonal (past methought) Etymology: Middle English me thinketh, from Old English m? thincth, from m? (dative of ic I) + thincth seems, from thyncan to seem — more at i, think Date: before 12th century archaic it seems to me

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. (past methought) archaic it seems to me. Etymology: OE me thyncth f. me dative of ME(1) + thyncth 3rd sing. of thyncan seem, THINK

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Methinks Me*thinks", v. impers. [imp. Methought.] [AS. [thorn]yncan to seem, m[=e] [thorn]ynce[eth], m[=e] [thorn][=u]hte, OE. me thinketh, me thoughte; akin to G. d["u]nken to seem, denken to think, and E. think. See Me, and Think.] It seems to me; I think. See Me. [R., except in poetry.] In all ages poets have been had in special reputation, and, methinks, not without great cause. --Spenser.