simple past tense and past participle of addle

(of eggs) Bad, rotten; inviable, containing a dead embryo. / Confused; mixed up. / (obsolete) Morbid, corrupt, putrid, or barren.

Alternative form of addlings (earnings).

The act of causing fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell or other outer layer.

present participle of addle.

(provincial, Northern England) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living. / (provincial, Northern England) To thrive or grow; to ripen.

(obsolete, provincial) Earnings.

A foolish or dull-witted fellow.

To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle / To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.

Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid. / (by extension) Unfruitful or confused; muddled.