Rĕck1, v. i.
v. i. [A-S. rĕcan, to care for, O. Sax. rōkian, rōkean, ruokean, O. H. Ger. ruochan, rōhjan, M. H. Ger. ruochen, geroochen, N. H. Ger. geruhen, O. D. roecken, rochten, ruchten, Dan. røgte, rygte, Sw. rykta, Icel. räkta, rälla.] To make account; to take heed; to care; to mind;—followed by of. [Obs., except in poetry.]
Thou's but a lazy loorde, And recks much of thy swinke. Spenser.
I reck as little what betideth me, As much I wish all good befortune you. Shak.