English Borrowing Strong Verbs From Old Norse

The original verb in old english was niman, and it meant to take. When the vikings arrived, they brought their word taken to northern england. It isn't actually attested in english writing until the very end of the anglo saxon period. Other norse strong verbs which remained strong were sling and fling. To day we have them as sling and slung, and fling and flung. Another strong verb which came in weak was drag. But some modern dialects use the word drug as a past tense form.