Methought

Verb

1. (archaic)

   methought

   (past of methinks)
• John Milton, Methought I Saw''

• ''Brought to me, like Alcestis, from the grave,''Whom Jove's great son to her glad husband gave,Rescued from death by force, though pale and faint.
• 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censerSwung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.'Wretch,' I cried, 'thy God hath lent thee — by these angels he has sent theeRespite — respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!'Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore.'