Melcolm I Scotta Cyning
| Melcolm | |
|---|---|
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| Cynedom | 943 oð 954 |
| Foregenga | Constontinus II Scotta Cyning |
| Æftergenga | Hindwulf Scotta Cyning |
| Fæder | Dufenal II Scotta Cyning |
| Modor | |
| Geboren | 897 |
| Deaþ | 954 |
Melcolm Dufenaling (897 oþ 954) wæs Scotta Cyning se fang to rice in 943 þan Constontinus II forscrah his cynedom to nemenne munuchad. His fæder wæs Dufenal II Scotta Cyning.
Scottena Cyninga Cranic secgþ of him þe in 950:
| “ | He ripte Englacynn swa fearr swa Tes þære ea, and he fang manigfealde menn and micel feoh: and Scottas hatte þisse hergung 'Albidosorum Hergung', ac oþru þe Constontinus fremmede þa hergung, and ðe he abitt Melcolme þæm cyninge þe aþecge eft þone cynedom for anum wuce, þe he meahte geneosian Englaflocc. Soðlice Melcolm fremmde þa hergug, ac Constontinus hine getihtede swa swa ic sæd. | ” |
In 945 oferhergode Eadmund I Engla Cyning Cumbraland, æfter he hæfde adrifen Anlaf Cwiran of Norþanhymbrum. Twegen sunan of Dyfenal Uwening, Cumbra Cyning geblinded he.
Se Englisca Cranic secgeþ:
| “ | Her Eadmund cyning oferhergode eal Cumbra land ⁊ hit let to eal Malculme Scotta cyninge on þæt gerad þæt he wære his midwyrhta ægþer ge on sæ ge on lande. | ” |