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▪ I. reck, n.1 Obs. exc. poet.|rɛk|
Forms: 6 recke, reake, Sc. rak, rack(e, 6, 8–9 reck.
[f. reck v.]
1. Care, heed, consideration, regard.
1568Jacob & Esau i. ii. in Hazl. Dodsley II. 196 One that hath no recke ne care what way he walke. 1594Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits xv. (1596) 268 The vulgar make little reake thereof. 1866H. C. Lea tr. Audefroid-le-Batard in Superst. & Force i. (1878) 63 Your love [is] another's, and of mine, You have nor reck nor care.
2. Sc. In phr. what reck? What matters it?
1535Lyndesay Satyre 210 Quhat rak of ȝour prosperitie Gif ȝe want Sensualitie! c1600Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 1359 Thoch it be cummersom, quhat reck? 1792Burns The Tither Morn i, When I, what reck, did least expect To see my lad sae near me.
▪ II. † reck, n.2
obs. variant of rack n.2 5 d.
1671Phil. Trans. VI. 2111 A Reck..is a frame made of boards about three foot and an half broad, and six long, which turns upon two iron pegs fastened in both ends, and the whole placed upon two posts.
▪ III. reck
obs. variant of rick, wreak n.
▪ IV. reck, v.|rɛk|
Forms: (a) inf. α. 1 recan, recc(e)an, 2–5 recchen, (recthen), (and pres.) 3 ræcche, rechche, 4–5 retche; 2–5 reche(n, 4 reiche, reyche. β. 3–6 rekke(n, 4–7 reck(e, 4–6 rek, 6– reck, (7 wrecke); 4–6 reke, 6–7 (w)reak(e; north. and Sc. 4–6 rak(k, 7–8 rack, 9 Sc. raik. (b) pa. tense. α. 1–3 róhte, 3–5 roȝt(e, 4–6 roght(e, 4 roht; 3–5 rouht(e, rouȝt(e, rowght, 4–7 rought(e, 5 rowȝte, rough, rowth, 6 Sc. roucht; 4–6 raught(e, 5 Sc. racht. β. 5 recched, retched, -yd; 6 wreaked, Sc. rakit; 7– recked. (c) pa. pple. α. 4 roght, 5–6 rought(e, 6 wrought; 5 raught. β. 5 reckid, 6– recked.
[Comm. Teut.: OE. reccan (? récan) = OS. rôkjan (MDu. roeken), OHG. ruoh(h)en (MHG. ruochen), ON. rœ́kja (mod.Norw. dial. rökja):—OTeut. *rōkjan, the base of which does not appear in the cognate languages.
The reason of the double consonant in OE. reccan (for the normal récan) is not clear; it may have been due to association with reccan recche. In ME. there is considerable variation of form, arising from differences both in vowel and consonant; the typical forms with short vowel are recche or retche, recke and rack, contrasted with rēche or rēke, later reak. The latter is common in the 16th c., but from about 1600 the usual literary form has been reck.
The OE. pa. tense róhte gives the usual ME. pret. forms roȝt(e, rought(e, etc.; the occasional raught may be due to the influence of the pa. tense of reach. The new formations in -ed, as recched, recked, are app. not older than the 15th c.]
From its earliest appearance in Eng., reck is almost exclusively employed in negative or interrogative clauses. In the former the simple negative may be replaced by nought, nothing, little, not much, etc.; in the latter the pron. what is most usual. There are comparatively few examples of the word during the 17th and 18th c., but in the 19th it again becomes common in rhetorical and poetic language.
1. intr. Const. with of:
a. To take care, heed, or thought of some thing (or person), with inclination, desire or favour towards it, interest in it, or the like; to think (much, etc.) of.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xxv, Þeah heora lareowas him þonne biodan þa ilcan mettas..ðonne ne reccað hi þara metta. c1000ælfric Hom. I. 224 He ne rohte þæs eorðlican reafes syððan he of deaðe aras. c1205Lay. 17051 Ne recche ich noht his londes his seoluer ne his goldes. a1250Owl & Night. 1404 Þe gost..lutel rekþ of milce and ore. a1300Cursor M. 15776 ‘Iudas, quilum was’, he said, ‘Þat mikel o þe i roght’. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xliii. (Cecilia) 394 A murtherere..þat racht noþire of mensk na honoure. c1440J. Capgrave Life St. Kath. iii. 1370 Ȝe neuyr mech rowth [v.r. rought] Of no wordly..plesauns. 1481Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 48 Ye retche not of brede of flesshe ne suche maner mete. 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. July 34 Syker, thous but a laesie loord, And rekes much of thy swinck [gloss counts much of thy paynes]. 1616R. C. Times' Whistle v. 1928 He would not wrecke Of all celestiall ioyes. 1810Scott Lady of L. iv. xix, What from a prince can I demand, Who neither reck of state nor land? a1845Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. iii. Jerry Jarvis, Little recked he of flowers—save cauliflowers. 1887Bowen Virg. æneid v. 400 Of gifts I reck but lightly.
b. To take heed or have a care of some thing (or person), so as to be alarmed or troubled thereby, or to modify one's conduct or purpose on that account.
Beowulf (Z.) 434 Se æᵹlæca..wæpna ne recceð. a900Cynewulf Crist 1440 Fylgdon me mid firenum; fæh þe ne rohtun. c1200Ormin 16165 Nan mann ne þurrfte off himm Ne nimenn gom, ne rekkenn. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 4419 So gret was is herte þat of deþ he ne roȝte no þing. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xlii. (Agatha) 154 Do one as þu has thocht, for of þi panys rak I nocht. c1450tr. De Imitatione iii. v. 68 If trouþ e delyuere þe, þou shalt..not recche of mennes veyn wordes. 1578T. Proctor Gorg. Gallery Gallant Inuent., Pure Consc., A Conscience pure..That..Of slaunders lothsome reketh not. 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Oct. 29 What wreaked I of wintrye ages waste. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 50 Of God, or Hell, or worse He reckd not. 1775Sheridan Duenna iii. i, Then it was, old Father Care, Little reck'd I of thy frown. 1810Scott Lady of L. v. xvi, He..Received, but reck'd not of a wound. 1876Black Madcap V. v. 47 What recked she of the mad course she was pursuing.
c. To know, be aware, or think of.
1813Byron Corsair iii. v, Ah! little reck'd that chief of womanhood—Which frowns ne'er quell'd, nor menaces subdued. 1835Lytton Rienzi iv. i, If this last, I shall have done better for my charge than I recked of. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. ii. v, Little recked Mr. Podsnap of the traps and toils besetting his Young Person.
2. With other preps. To set store or account by; to care for; † to think or have pity on; † to be troubled or distressed at.
With by and for the sense may be either as in 1 a or 1 b.
c1000Ags. Gosp. Mark xii. 14 We witon þæt..þu ne recst be æneᵹum menn. c1275Lay. 2789 Alle his riche eorles..nolde for þan kinges bode noþing..reche. 1423Jas. I Kingis Q. xxvii, Was non that myght, that on my peynes rought. 1490Caxton Eneydos v. 21 The wymmen..were to fore the sayd aulter..wythoute retchynge ought by theym selfe. 1530Palsgr. 681/1 He is the moste neglygent folowe that ever I sawe, he recketh for nothynge. 1566Drant Wail. Hierim. K vi b, And lende his cheeke unto the stroke, nor recke at wordes of spite. 1615R. Brathwait Strappado (1878) 131 Ane, we raught on meanely. 1788Burns Song, Louis, what reck I by thee, Or Geordie on his ocean? 1853Kingsley Hypatia xxv, [The gods] recked nothing for the weal or woe of earth.
3. With inf.
a. To care, desire, be willing or anxious to do something.
a900Laws of ælfred Introd. c. 40 in Schmid Gesetze (1858) 62 Leases monnes word ne rece þu no þæs toᵹehieranne. a1200Moral Ode 221 Neure in helle hi com, ne þer ne come reche. c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1377, I recche nat,.. To haue victorie of hem, or they of me. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 6557 In þe chapiter twenty and sex he may se, to knawe wha rex. 1481Caxton Godfrey xliii. 83 Tancre his neuew..retched not for to see Themperour ne to speke to hym. 1574Hellowes Gueuara's Fam. Ep. (1577) 290 Such as be of good gouernment, and reck not to follow physick. 1600Shakes. A.Y.L. ii. iv. 81 My master..little wreakes to finde the way to heauen By doing deeds of hospitalitie. 1873Symonds Grk. Poets iii. 72 Old eyes forlorn Scarce reck the very sunshine to behold.
b. To care, to be troubled, distressed, or reluctant; to feel aversion or repugnance to, etc.
c1300Becket (Percy Soc.) 405 Lute hi wolde recche to loose here ordre so. a1340Hampole Psalter xxi. 13 Þai roght na mare to sla me þan to spill watere. 1430–40Lydg. Bochas i. i. (1554) 3 Ye retche not by sin To slea your soule. 1485Caxton Chas. Gt. 214 The cristen men..raught not for to deye for þe crysten fayth. 1610Boys Expos. Ep. & Gosp. Wks. (1629) 507 Schismatikes..reake not to be condemned of the learned for ignorant; so they may be commended of the ignorant for learned.
4. With dependent clause: To care, be troubled, concern oneself, if, that, though; how, when, where; whether; who, what, etc.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xviii. §4 ᵹe ne reccað ðeah hweðer ᵹe auht to gode don. c950Lindisf. Gosp. Mark iv. 38 Ne reces ðu þæt [Rushw. ðah] we deado sie. c1000ælfric Colloq. in Wr.-Wülcker 89/14 Hwæt rece we hwæt we sprecan. a1122O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1086 Se cyng..ne rohte na hu swiðe synlice þa ᵹerefan hit beᵹeatan of earme mannon. c1205Lay. 18042 Ne þurfen ȝe nauere rehchen, þah ȝe slæn þa wrecchen. a1225Juliana 19 Cristene womman icham iwis; I ne reche ho it wite. a1300Cursor M. 5446 Nou rek i neuer quen i dei. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 44 [Let friars] recke not þat [v.r. þ o] þei ben vnkunnynge to lerne letteris. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 60 There be many women that rechin neuer what fallithe of her counsayle. 1485Caxton Chas. Gt. 196, I retche not though he be put to dethe. 1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 530/1 As though he roughte not whether they dydde good or ill. c1570Satir. Poems Reform. xxxvii. 69 Rek not..how raschelie ravarris raill. 1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. v. vi. 26, I wreake not, though thou end my life to day. 1641Milton Animadv. i. Wks. (1851) 187 They wreck not whether you..know them or not. 1813Scott Rokeby i. xix, Whether false the news, or true, Oswald, I reck as light as you. 1825― Talism. xii, Sir Kenneth little recked, that [etc.]. 1845Hirst Com. Mammoth, etc. 15 We recked not what our fates might be.
5. Without const. (usually ellipt. for one or other of prec. uses): To care, heed, mind, etc.
c1000Sax. Leechd. III. 254 Hi habbað þurh þæt cornes swa fela swa hi mæst recceað. a1122O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1070 Þa munecas..beaden heom grið, ac hi na rohten na þing. c1205Lay. 16179 To þan castle heo brohten swa muchel swa heo rohten. c1320Cast. Love 341 They..lyed to him therof, and lytelle rowghton. c1386Chaucer Nun's Pr. Prol. 48 If he wol serve thee, rekke not a bene. c1430Chev. Assigne 177 She rawȝte hit hym aȝeyne & seyde she ne rowȝte. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 198/2 There were many fayr myracles whyche by neglygence..and not retchyng were not wryton. a1548Hall Chron., Rich. III 31 b, In faith, quod he, I neither wote ne recke, so I were once hence. a1591H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 485 Who little recks, much good foregoes. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 173 Revenge..back on itself recoiles; Let it; I reck not. 1746W. Thompson Hymn to May xxx, Who hears them cry, ne recks. 1791Cowper Iliad xi. 97 The eternal father reck'd not. 1813Scott Rokeby iii. ii, I reck not. In a war to strive,..Suits ill my mood.
6. trans. To heed, regard, care for, etc. (either as in sense 1 a or 1 b).
c1205Lay. 28851 Mucchel scome heom þuhte þat wepmen heom ne rohte. 1390Gower Conf. III. 186 The king his oghne astat ne roghte. c1449Pecock Repr. ii. viii. 182 If thei be not remembrid, thei schulen not be reckid. 1513Douglas æneis xiii. v. 81 O haitfull deid..Quhilk gret and small doun thringis, and nane rakkis. 1591R. Wilmot Tancred & Gismunda iv. iii, Not that she recks this life. 1602Shakes. Ham. i. iii. 51 Himself..reaks not his owne reade. 1637G. Daniel Genius of this Isle 631 Eagles doe not recke the Wren's weake flight. 1786Burns Ep. Young Friend xi, May ye better reck the rede Than ever did th' Adviser! 1839Keightley Hist. Eng. I. 102 He was so stern, that he recked not all their hatred. 1871R. Ellis tr. Catullus xlv. 22 Septimius..Recks not Syria, recks not any Britain.
b. To reckon, consider, think. Now only Sc. † Also const. in.
1599T. M[oufet] Silkwormes 52 Which kings themselues in highest prize do reake. 1639G. Daniel Ecclus. xiii. 6 Doe not recke Thy selfe the wiser, to b' Associate With those who are beyond thee in Estate. 1791J. Learmont Poems 114, I ne'er thought..[she] Coud e'er harbour a thought o' distrust Or reck her shepherd unkind. 1892Lumsden Sheephead 91 Ye wha reck our Scottish name Fit wi' the warld's first to ally.
†7. refl. To trouble or concern (oneself). Obs.
a1250Owl & Night. 533 Of none winters ich me recche. 13..Guy Warw. (A.) 593 Henne forward ne reche y me Of mi liif. c1450Merlin 93 Of that ne recche the nothinge for to enquere. 1489Caxton Faytes of A. i. i. 2 Retche the not what they saye. 1674Ray N.C. Words 38 Never Rack you; i.e. Take you no thought or care.
8. In impersonal use: To concern or trouble (one); to interest. (With various const., as in senses 1–4 above.)
a1225Ancr. R. 104 Ȝif heo beoð feor, me ne reccheð. c1290Beket 449 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 119 Luyte heom wolde rechche to leosen heore ordre so. a1300Cursor M. 1834 Littel roght þam of his manance. c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 605 Cleopatra, Hym roughte nat in armys for to sterve. c1460Towneley Myst. i. 129 Now, therof a leke what rekys vs? a1592Greene George a Greene Wks. (Rtldg.) 264/1 What recks it us, though George-a-Greene be stout. 1634Milton Comus 404 Of night, or loneliness it recks me not. 1637― Lycidas 122 What recks it them? What need they? 1869Blackmore Lorna D. ii, Little it recked us and helped them less that they were our founder's citizens.
b. absol. To matter; to be of importance or interest.
a1225Ancr. R. 188 Ȝe schulen lihtlie iseon hu lutel hit reccheð. c1374Chaucer Boeth. (E.E.T.S.) 38 Þerfore what wenist þou þar recche [L. quid igitur referre putas] yif þou forlete hir in deynge or ellys þat she..forlete þe? 1483Cath. Angl. 299/2 It Rakkes, refert. a1547Surrey æneid ii. 499 Craft, or manhod, with foes what reckes it which? a1600Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxviii. 44 Quhat reks then of the reid? Or of the trees what reks? a1771Gray Dante 17 It rekes not That I advise thee. a1774Fergusson On J. Hogg Wks. (1800) 156 What recks tho' ye ken mood and tense? 1825Scott Talism. iii, ‘But what recks it’, said stout Sir Kenneth.
Hence ˈrecking vbl. n. rare.
1886R. F. Burton Arab. Nts. (abr. ed.) I. 14 [He] thanked him, saying, ‘Right is thy recking’. |