This man is mortally wounded after Wiglaf helps him defeat a dragon.
Some onlookers leave at the "ninth hour" because they believe this man was killed by the "wolf-of-the-waves." That creature's blood melts this man's weapon, which is covered with inscriptions of the great flood. This man's followers take ten days to build a barrow that sailors can see along the coastline. This son of Ecgtheow [EDGE-thow] rules for fifty winters until a man steals a golden cup. This man sleeps without armor or weapons to confront a creature he defeats by (*) ripping its arm off. This wielder of the sword Hrunting defeats a descendant of the Biblical Cain, as well as that monster's mother. This man is mortally wounded after Wiglaf helps him defeat a dragon. This man saves Heorot, the hall of king Hrothgar, from the monster Grendel. For 10 points, name this hero of an Old English epic poem. 
Some onlookers leave at the "ninth hour" because they believe this man was killed by the "wolf-of-the-waves.
Beowulf