Folklore: What does 'tarried mean?

Subject: RE: Folklore: or BS?, What does 'tarried mean?
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 24 Oct 03 - 10:15 PM

sort of art, perhaps they waited for work to turn up, and it didn't , so they "shifted" to another area?

I did look in a dictionary for tarried, but there is no entry.

Subject: RE: Folklore: or BS?, What does 'tarried mean?
From: artbrooks
Date: 24 Oct 03 - 10:11 PM

John, I've heard 'tarried' used for waited, as in "we tarried there a while"="we waited there a while." Does that make sense in the context of the song?

Subject: Folklore: or BS?, What does 'tarried mean?
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 24 Oct 03 - 10:07 PM

not sure if this is folklore or BS, please feel free to move it to where it should go.

I'm listening to Forlorne Weaver, part of the lyrics is "we Tarried and shifted", what does Tarried mean?
I guess shifted means moved from place to place looking for work?