I. ˈrek verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English recchen, recken to be concerned, take heed, from Old English reccan, rēcan; akin to Old High German ruohhen to take heed, Old Norse rækja
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to be apprehensive or fearful — usually used with of
little recking of the dangers I was running — Claud Cockburn
b. : to take heed or thought : take account : be aware : consider , deem — usually used with of
the language recked of their decrees as little as the advancing ocean did of those of Canute — R.C.Trench
content with the plaudits of the hour, and recking little of the morrow — B.N.Cardozo
c. : to become concerned : care
little we recked … we had a holiday spirit — Stephen Graham
2. : to be of account or interest : matter
it recks little to think of that now … what he has done cannot be effaced — R.A.T.G.Cecil
transitive verb
1. : to care for : take account of : regard
lay in a bed of musk and tenderness, nor recked no risk — Henry Treece
2. : to matter to : concern
what recks it them — John Milton
II.
chiefly dialect
variant of rick