Obs. or dial. [f. ADDLE v.2 + -ING1.] Earning.
c. 1200. Ormulum, 17705. Al affterr þatt tin addlinng iss Na lasse, ne na mare.
1483. Cathol. Anglic. An Addyllynge; meritum, gracia.
1592. G. Harvey, Pierces Supererog., App. 3. According to Chaucer’s English there can be little adling without much gabbing.
1851. Coal-trade Terms, Northumb. & Durh., 3. Addlings, Adlings.—Earnings.
1855. Whitby Gloss. (1864), Addlings, wages. ‘Poor addlings,’ small pay for work. ‘Hard addlings,’ money laboriously acquired.
