If you mean a sword broken in 3 pieces on the ground, it is just scenery and can not be fixed. Even when a weapon reaches zero durability and can not be used (without first repairing it), it remains in one piece.
If you found a sword with a description that 3 must be sacrificed to get one, then it is part of the holy item quest (see
Gathering the Holy Items and the Sacrifice).
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