his sword
no one Hrunting was a sword given to Beowulf
Unferth gave Beowulf an ancient sword called Hrunting to battle Grendel's mother.
his sword
Beowulf's sword is useless against Grendel's mother because her skin is too tough for it to penetrate. The sword shatters upon impact, leaving Beowulf vulnerable in the battle. Ultimately, it is Beowulf's strength and willpower that allow him to defeat Grendel's mother.
Beowulf uses a sword to defeat the dragon because his own strength alone is not enough to pierce the dragon's scales. He realizes that he needs the sword to overcome the dragon's defenses and save his people.
Beowulf's sword fails him when he attempts to use it to defeat the dragon, but the blade shatters upon striking the dragon's scales, proving ineffective against the powerful monster.
Hrunting is not the name of the sword, because Hrunting bounced off of the sea-hag. Therefore, it is not the answer. The sword that killed her has no name. They had just called it, "The sword made by a giant."
While Grendel's mother is hard for Beowulf to defeat, he IS able to use a sword, where as he has to battle Grendel bare handed.
yes he used a shield to get close to the dragon it melted in the flames the that one dude came and helped then Beowulf was bitten by the dragon then he used a dagger to cut down the length of the dragon. so yes he used weapons
It broke, so he did not use it anymore.
Beowulf tries using Hrunting, the sword the Danes had given him, to attack Grendel's mother because the mother wanted to avenge her son's death and was followed into her home in the lake by Beowulf. Beowulf's weapon was Hrunting and so he tried attacking the mom because of her previous actions (avenging the death of her son Grendel- the monster Beowulf killed- by killing a close friend of the king Hrothgar who's men were killed by Grendel, and retrieving Grendel's arm that hung from the rafters of Herot after the battle when Beowulf hung it there from tearing it off Grendel).