methought

verb

1. (archaic, form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of methinks

   “The clouds methought would open, and ſhew riches / Ready to drop vpon me, that when I wak'd / I cri'de to dreame againe.”

   “Methought I saw my late espoused saint / Brought to me, like Alcestis, from the grave,”

   “Methought I was immersed in a cataleptic trance of more than usual duration and profundity.”

   “Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer / Swung by angels whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.”

   “And then methought my dream changed, and two Great Giants with heading-axes came striding over the bed, […]”