samviska

• samvizka (archaic)

Calque of Latin conscientia.

samviska f (genitive singular samvisku, no plural)

1. a conscience
   • Article 1, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Icelandic, English)

     Hver maður er borinn frjáls og jafn öðrum að virðingu og réttindum. Menn eru gæddir vitsmunum og samvisku, og ber þeim að breyta bróðurlega hverjum við annan.

     All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

• samviskusamur
• samviskusemi

• “samviska” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)