reck

Reck \Reck\ (r[e^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recked} (r[e^]kt)
   (obs. imp. {Roughte}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recking}.] [AS.
   reccan, r[=e]can, to care for; akin to OS. r[=o]kian, OHG.
   ruochan, G. geruhen, Icel. r[ae]kja, also to E. reckon, rake
   an implement. See {Rake}, and cf. {Reckon}.]
   1. To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard.
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            This son of mine not recking danger.  --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.
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            And may you better reck the rede
            Than ever did the adviser.            --Burns.
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   2. To concern; -- used impersonally. [Poetic]
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            What recks it them?                   --Milton.
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Reck \Reck\ (r[e^]k), v. i.
   To make account; to take heed; to care; to mind; -- often
   followed by of. [Archaic]
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         Then reck I not, when I have lost my life. --Chaucer.
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         I reck not though I end my life to-day.  --Shak.
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         Of me she recks not, nor my vain desire. --M. Arnold.
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