Wiþ folclicne gelēafan þæt oferswefn is gecynd unwitunge gelīc swefne, andweard cneordlǣcung ēowaþ þæt hit is sōþlīce þurhwacol byrdness ānmōdes and grēatran befæstendes cræftes, mid gelytlodre ōran sihþe. In þǣre forman bēc be þǣre lāre, Neurypnology (1843), Braid tōmearcod ""hypnotism"" (""oferswefn"") tō byrdnesse līchāmlicre slacunge gefērlǣced and beworht be mōdigre ānmōdsettunge (""abstraction"").