LekhoriLekhoriHaving lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid.
addle eggs
Unfruitful or confused; muddled.
addle brains
Liquid filth; mire.
An unwise or intellectually impaired person.
From Middle English adel (“rotten”), from Old English adel, adela (“mire, pool, liquid excrement”), from Proto-West Germanic *adal, from Proto-Germanic *adalaz, *adalô (“cattle urine, liquid manure”)....
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To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.
Their eggs were addled.
To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living.
ADDLINGS, wages. "Poor addlings," small pay for work. "Hard addlings," money laboriously acquired. "Saving's good addling," as the well known saying, "a penny saved is a penny gained."