1. Chapter 1: Beowulf and Formula 1.1 Formula and Formulaic System 1.2 Action-Pattern, Theme, Type-Scene, Motif 1.3 Structural Repetition 1.4 Story-Pattern, Tale-type 1.5 Conclusion 2. Chapter 2: The Half-Line Formula: weox under wolcnum (8a) 2.1 The Critical Background 2.2 Reading weox under wolcnum (8a) 2.3 Old Saxon: uuânum undar uuolcnun 2.4 Conclusion 3. Chapter 3: The Fitt Formula: Genesis and Fitt 1 3.1 Reading Fitt 1 3.2 Conclusion 4. Chapter 4: The Digressive Formula: The Sigemund-Heremod Digression 4.1 Background 4.2 Reading the Sigemund-Heremod Digression 4.3 Under harne stan (887b) 4.4 The Charter Evidence 4.5 Conclusion 5. Chapter 5: The Folktale Formula: Beowulf and Örvar-Odds saga 5.1 The Development and Survival of Örvar-Odds saga 5.2 The Structure of Örvar-Odds saga 5.3 Genealogy 5.4 Örvar-Odds saga and Beowulf 5.5 The Five Fights 5.6 Conclusion 6. Chapter 6: The Formula Reformulated: Sellic Spell and The Hobbit 6.1 Sellic Spell 6.2 The Hobbit: Introduction 6.3 The Hobbit: Formula and Structure 6.4 The Hobbit: Theme 6.5 The Hobbit: Digressions and Episodes 6.6 The Hobbit: Story-Pattern 6.7 Conclusion Conclusion