Than Sir Mathewe strake asonder the speare wyth his swerde.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
Ther he fought valyantly and long: none durste well abyde hys strokes; than two Frenchmen mounted on theyr horses, and ranne both with their speares at ones at hym, and so bare hym to the yerth: than other, that were a-fote, came wyth theyr swerdes, and strake hym into the body, under his barneys, so that ther he was slayne."
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
I cud shtart a pipe shap, Con, fur be th' first strake ov dawn I found five new pipes an' five half ounces ov tubacca inside th' doore ov th' sty!
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine