samvete

From Old Swedish samvit, a calque of Latin conscientia, equivalent to sam- (“co-”) +‎ vete (obsolete dative singular form of vet, itself a byform of vett). Compare medvetande.

samvete n

1. conscience (moral sense)

   Jag har dåligt samvete för vad jag gjorde

   I feel guilty about what I did

   (literally, “I have bad conscience for what I did”)

   Jag kan inte göra det med gott samvete

   I can't do it in good conscience

• “samvete”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• samvete in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• samvit in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T