The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard.
This son of mine not recking danger.
--Sir P. Sidney.And may you better reck the rede Than ever did the adviser.
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To concern; -- used impersonally. [Poetic]
What recks it them?
--Milton.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of reck English)
Usage examples of "recking".
But Morgoth thought that his triumph was fulfilled, recking little of the sons of F?
Shrill and clear he crowed, recking nothing of wizardry or war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn.