What was the name of Gandalf’s sword in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?

Glamdring was Gandalf’s sword in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.

Gandalf discovered Glamdring in a troll hoard during the journey with Bilbo and the Dwarves. The sword had originally belonged to Turgon, the ancient King of Gondolin, and was therefore a weapon from the First Age of Middle-earth. Its name is translated as “Foe-hammer.”

The same hoard contained two other famous Elvish blades. Thorin Oakenshield took Orcrist, while Bilbo received the short sword later called Sting. These weapons were forged in Gondolin and could glow blue when Orcs were near, a feature that helps distinguish them from ordinary swords.

Readers sometimes confuse Glamdring with Andúril. Andúril is Aragorn’s sword, reforged from the shards of Narsil. Glamdring belongs to Gandalf and remains one of the older weapons carried by a major character in the story.