The Norse Verb Form

english borrowed the norse verb with its g sound at the beginning, and it retained the strong verb form. The word get follows the same general pattern. It was an old germanic word, but english had actually lost the basic root word. So that root was apparently lost in the lowlands of northern europe before the anglo saxons headed to britain. But when the vikings arrived, they re introduced that original germanic root word, get. And for the first time, english began to use that wordb itself as a free standing verb.