Struggling to remember which verbs trigger dative vs. accusative

I’m a grammar-focused learner trying to internalize how Icelandic case government works with different verbs. I find the logic difficult when switching from nominative to dative. I’ve been using Chickytutor.com to generate drills specifically for verb-case pairings, but I still freeze up when I try to construct a sentence on the fly. How do you guys memorize these patterns without just rote learning every single verb?