ppl. a. Obs. rare. [Der. uncert. Cf. KIME, a simpleton, silly fellow. Stratmann compares MHG. erkümen to become sick and wretched.] Confounded, struck speechless or silly.
1205. Layamon, 26354. Aset þe kaisere; swulc he akimet [1250 dombe] weore, And ansdware nauer nan; no aȝæf þissen eorle.
c. 1220. Leg. Kath., 1297. Al ȝe beon blodles, ikimet, of ow seluen, Hwider is ower wit & ower wisdom iwent?
