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Examples
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There waxed he friend-sad, yet ween'd he to tarry,
The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous
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And lift we our lord, then, where long he shall tarry,
Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem Lesslie [Translator] Hall
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Smiting his breast, wherein the notes would tarry,
From Saint Paul 1917
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Nay, when thou shalt depart, I shall depart with thee, and when thou shalt return again I shall return, and when thou shalt rest and tarry,
The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900
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Smiting his breast, wherein the notes would tarry,
From "Saint Paul" 1895
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How now, sirs! you are vengeance hasty: can ye not tarry,
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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I suppose that you think 'cause my trousers are tarry,
Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend Frederick Marryat 1820
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Thy seven years done, no trick shall make me tarry,
The Merry Devil 1590
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"Oh William, I would have you in this counrry to tarry,
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