tarry

mastery
/ˈtæ.ɹi/verbadjnounname

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What does "tarried" mean in this sentence?

In this by-place of nature, there abode... a worthy wight of the name of Ichabod Crane; who sojourned, or, as he expressed it, "tarried," in Sleepy Hollow.