Gönur

Meaning of Old Norse word "gönur" (or gǫnur)

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

gönur (gǫnur)

f. pl. [gana], wild wanderings, eccentricities; in the phrase, hlaupa út í gönur, to rove wildly about.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, gönur may be more accurately written as gǫnur.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements