um leið

See also: umleið

Icelandic

Adverb

um leið

  1. straight away, immediately
    • Matthew 26:74 (Icelandic, English 1 and 2)
      En hann sór og sárt við lagði, að hann þekkti ekki manninn. Um leið gól hani.
      Then he began to call down curses on himself and he swore to them, "I don't know the man!" Immediately a rooster crowed.
  • um leið og (“as soon as, at the same time as”)
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