Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Stanley B. Greenfield. "Grendel's Approach to Heorot: Syntax and Poetry." In Old English Poetry: Fifteen Essays. Ed. Robert P. Creed. Providence: Brown University Press. pp. 275-84.

Continues the argument in Greenfield 1963: formulaic diction was available for "conventional" usage or for deployment according to the poet's artistic sense.
Area: OE