Galadriel VS The witch- king

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I found a little more to shed some further light on the Barrow-blade and could other weapons have killed the Witch-King. Now this quote I find particularly interesting:

Boromir son of Denethor (after whom Boromir of the Nine Walkers was later named) defeated them and regained Ithilien; but Osgiliath was finally ruined, and its great stone-bridge was broken. No people dwelt there afterwards. Boromir was a great captain, and even the Witch-king feared him.~Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, Gondor and the Heirs of Anarion

Now this I find interesting is because if the Witch-King could not be harmed or killed by other blades, why would he fear Boromir?

Now what Gandalf tells in The Ring goes South:

'I thought they were all destroyed in the flood,' said Merry.
'You cannot destroy Ringwraiths like that,' said Gandalf. 'The power of their master is in them, and they stand or fall by him. We hope that they were all unhorses and unmasked, and so made for a while less dangerous; but we must find out for certain.'

So, the Nazgul are bound to Sauron and his power, they 'stand and fall with him.' If we assume that Gandalf is right here, that is.

But, I think the Blade of the Westernesse had the effect that no other blade did. The Westernesse sword is repeatedly talked about being 'wound with spells' and 'breaking spells.':

...work of Westernesse, wound about with spells for the bane of Mordor.~The Departure of Boromir

No other blade, not though mightier hands had wielded it, would have dealt that foe a wound so bitter, cleaving the undead flesh, breaking the spell that knit his unseen sinews to his will.~Pelennor Fields

This is from an unpublished manuscript that appears in Hammond and Skull's book:

'But above all the timid and terified Bearer had resisted him, had dared to strike at him with an enchanted sword made by his own enemies long ago for his destruction. Narrowly it had missed him. How had he come by it -save in the barrows of cardolan. Then he was in some way mightier than the B{arrow} -wight; and he called on Elbereth, a name of terror to the nazgul. He was then in league with the High Elves ofthe Havens.

Escaping a wound that would have been as deadly to him as the Mordor -knife to Frodo (as was proved at the end), he withdrew and hid for a while, out of doubt and fear both of Aragorn and especially of Frodo. But fear of Sauron , and the forces of Sauron's will was the stronger

So I think Merry's sword did something that no other sword could have done. It delivered...no other blade would have dealt a wound so bitter...'. It was specially made to bring the downfall of the Witch-King, and bring him to destruction.

What I think is that the Blade of the Westernesse was able to break the 'spell,' the spell holding his will and Sauron's will together...'breaking the spell that knit his unseen sinews to his will.' So would this mean that the Witch-King, after being finished off and killed by Eowyn, would be unable to return back? The 'spell' was broken,' and the Blade of the Westernesse did what it was supposed to it brought the destruction of the Witch-King.

So, it seems to me that any sword could have killed/dispatched the Witch-King...I mean Aragorn could just chop off his head right? But, it would not have been a wound so 'bitter' that it 'broke the spell' and brought the downfall of the Witch-King, like the Westernesse Blade was specifically made to do.

It just didn't make sense to me why The Witch-King would fear Boromir if he couldn ot be harmed by ANY other blade. I can see why he feared Glorfindel, or Gandalf, who knew of Elbereth, and some of the Ringwraith's fears, but why would the WK fear Boromir unless if he actually could be harmed by other blades. It was just the specific Blade of the Westernesse that was able to destroy and harm the Witch-King the way no other sword could have.

Comments? This is just kind of something I've been trying to figure out lately.