Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RECK, v.i. [Sax. recan, reccan, to say, to tell, to narrate, to reckon, to care, to rule or govern, L. rego. The primary sense is to strain. Care is a straining of the mind. See Rack and Reckon.]

To care; to mind; to rate at much; as we say, to reckon much of; followed by of. [Obs.] Thou's but a lazy loorde, / And reeks much of thy swinke. – Spenser. I reck us little what betideth me, / As much I wish all good befortune you. – Shak. Of night or loneliness it recks me not. – Milton.