Than with triumph the trumpettis blew, And they with all the force thay can Wounder[396] rudelie at aither ran, And straik at uther with sa greit ire That fra thair harnes flew the fyre.
That straik was with sic micht and fors That on the ground lay man and hors; And throw the brydell-hand him bair, And in the breist ane span and mair.
He mist the man, and dang[298] upon the lystis; And with that straik he trowit that Jhone was slane.
The first straikthat young Musgrave got, It was baith deep and sair; 90 And down he fell at Barnaby's feet, And word spak never mair.
Her brother struck her wondrous sore, With cruel strokes and many; He brake her back in the hall door, For liking Andrew Lammie.
Than athir gan contrar othir styth stand, 5 With fyngeris fast faikand thar mace in hand, Syne heich abufe thar hedis in the ayr Onabasytly rasyt thar armys squair, And from the straik thar nek drew far abak.
Betyd alsso to thir wery Latynys, Quhilk so irkit at sik myscheif and pyne is, Ane chance of mysfortoun, that all the tovn With womentyng straik to the boddum doun.
Lundy him saw, and sadly on him socht; With his gud suerd an awkwart straik him gaiff, Throuch pesan stuff his crag in sondyr draiff; Quhar off the layff astunyt in that sted, The bauld Skelton off Lundyis hand is dede.
Wallace folowed, and sone the fyrst our tais; Straik him to ded, that na forthyr he gais; 130 Syn sped him fast till his awn men agayn.
The tothir fled, and durst him nocht abide; Bot a rycht straik Wallace him gat that tid: In at the guschet brymly he him bar; The grounden suerd throuch out his cost it schar.
Fra Jop the horn he hyntyt and couth blaw 1180 Sa asprely, and warned gud Jhon Wricht: The rowar out he straik with gret slycht; The laiff yeid doun, quhen the pynnys out gais.
Wallace straik ane, with hiss gud sper of steill, Throw out the cost; the shafft to brak ilk deyll.
The maistir man with sa gud will straik he, Bathe hatt and hede he gert in sondyr fle, Ane othir fast apon the face he gaiff, Till dede to ground, but mercy, he him draiff.
Merwell thai had sic strenth in ane suld be; Ane off thair men at ilk straik he gert de.
The felloun knycht dowtyt his dede rycht nocht; Amang the Scottis full manfully he wrocht; 1100 Besat he straik to dede with outyn mar.
Graym pressyt in, and straik ane Ingliss knycht, Befor the Bruce, apon the basnet brycht.
Wallace than thocht it was na tym to stand; His nobill suerd he gryppyt son in hand; Aukwart the face drew that captane in teyn, Straik all away that stud abowne his eyn.
Ane othir he straik on a basnat of steille, The tre to raiff and fruschit euiredeille.
In handis sum thai straik with out remed; Na Sotheroun past with lyff out off that sted.
The firststraik that Young Musgrave got, It was baith deep and sair, And down he fell at Barnaby's feet, And word spak never mair.
Is there a bird in this hale forest Would do as mickle for me, As dip its wing in the wan water, And straik it ower my ee-bree?
The first ae straik that Forbes strack, He garrt Macdonell reel; An the neist ae straik that Forbes strack, The great Macdonell fell.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "straik" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
