The titantic was sent five messages but only received one
The sword melts to its hilt after Beowulf uses it to decapitate the corpse of Grendel, which lies nearby. He returns to Heorot with a greater trophy, the head of the ogre, as well as the hilt of the magic sword.
Sacred means to keep something close to your heart to value it extremely high, it means different things to different people, it could even be held to religious terminology
"Often" is an adverb of time.