Gangnihessou

Gangnihessou ƿæs ǣrest folcliċum "tƿelf cyningum Dahomeȝe." Dahomeg wæs Africanisc cynerīce in þǣm stede þǣr todæg Benin is.

Gangnihessou meahte ȝeracian ymbe 1620. Hise tācnu ƿǣron an gangnihessou fugel (se fugel ƿǣs rebus for his naman), ān drum, and sāglas tō torfienne and huntienne. Man nis ƿitodliċ hƿæðer hē sƿā cyninge sōþlīċe racode. Hē ƿǣs ƿēnunge strang rǣdesmann, and lǣde his fērscipe mid his gōdum rǣdum þurh his ȝiengran broðor, Dakodonou. Dakodonou ƿǣs ƿislīċe sƿā cyninge ȝeseƿen in his līfdagum.