tarry
A sojournA sojourn.
» Do not tarry in the forest; there is danger there.
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1 senses(dated)A sojourn.
Verzögerung, Aufenthalt
Examples
2 sentencesDo not tarry in the forest; there is danger there.
Near Sleepy Hollow is a village called Tarry Town.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Middle English tarien, terien (“to vex, harass, cause to hesitate, delay”), from OldFrom Middle English tarien, terien (“to vex, harass, cause to hesitate, delay”), from Old English tirian, tirġan, terġan (“to worry, exasperate, pain, provoke, excite”), from Proto-Germanic *terganą, *targijaną (“to pull, tease, irritate”), from Proto-Indo-European *derHgʰ- (“to pull, tug, irritate”). Cognate with Dutch tergen (“to provoke”), German zergen (“to vex, irritate, provoke”), Norwegian Bokmål terge (“to irritate, provoke”), Russian дёргать (djórgatʹ, “to pull, yank, jerk, pester”). Compare also Walloon tårdjî (“to be late, to be slow, to wait”).
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