O.E.
me þyncð "it seems to me," from
me, dat. of
I, +
þyncð, third pers. sing. of
þyncan "to seem," reflecting the O.E. distinction between
þyncan "to seem" and related
þencan "to think," which bedevils modern students of the language (see
think). The two words were constantly confused, then finally merged, in M.E.