Dufenal wæs geboren in 1033, þan wæs his fædres fæder cyning, se wæs [[Mælcolm II Scotta Cyning. He wæs Dunecanes Æþelinges ōðer sunu, þærof wæs Melcolm se ieldra. In 1040 þan Dufenal wæs cnapa, ofslōg Macbeoþen Þegn hiera fæder and afeng þone cynedōm. Melcolm and Dufenal fliemedon: Dufenal fōr to Īrlande and Melcome cwōm on Engle. Þan Melcolm weax to duguþe, awearp he Macbeoþen and fang to rīce.