English
addlings
From addle + -ing.
A compound of addle + -ing
Proto-Germanic *adalaz ‘liquid manure’
Proto-West Germanic *adal
Old English adel ‘mire, pool, liquid excrement’
Middle English adel ‘rotten’
English addle
Today it means
noun Earnings.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / addlings