reck
To take account of; to care for; to consider, to heed, to regardTo take account of (someone or something); to care for; to consider, to heed, to regard.
Meaning
6 senses(archaic, transitive)To take account of (someone or something); to care for; to consider, to heed, to regard.
(archaic, catenative)To want (to do something); to desire to, to be inclined to, to care to.
(archaic, intransitive, with of)To know about, to know of, to be aware of.
(obsolete, transitive)To reckon, to consider, to regard (someone or something) as.
(ambitransitive, archaic, dialectal)To concern (someone); to be important or of interest to; to matter.
It recks not!
(dialectal, obsolete, reflexive)To concern oneself, to trouble oneself.
Origin
From Middle English recken, rekken, reken, from Old Norse rœkja (compare Old English rēċċaFrom Middle English recken, rekken, reken, from Old Norse rœkja (compare Old English rēċċan, rēċan (“to care, reck, take care of, be interested in, care for, desire”); whence English retch), from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną (“to care, take care”), from Proto-Indo-European *rēǵ-, *rēg- (“to care, help”). Cognate with obsolete Dutch roeken, Low German roken, ruken (“to reck, care”), German geruhen (“to deign, condescend”), Icelandic rækja (“to care, regard, discharge”), Danish røgte (“to care, tend”), Swedish rykta (“to groom”). See reckon.
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Forms
recks, recking, recked, reckedWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle