Note 119 — Chapter IV · Kenneth the Second—971–995.

Chron. Sax. 1031. MS. Cot. Tib. B. iv. is the authority. Two later MSS. add the names of two other kings, Mælbeth and Jehmarc. Macbeth became Mormaor of Moray in the following year through the death of his kinsman Gilcomgain. These two kings reappear in the Heimskringla (Saga 7, vol. 2, p. 196. V. also Lodb. Quida, p. 101), as “Nordan of Skotlandi of Fifi.” If Fifi is here put for Fiord Riki, it is probably a mistake, for “the Firth kingdom” might mean Moray as well as Fife, and the name in this instance would be more appropriate to the former.