As a verb addle
is (provincial|northern england) to earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living —
or
addle can be to make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he
addled his brain.
As an adjective addle
is having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid.
As a noun addle
is (obsolete) liquid filth; mire or
addle can be a foolish or dull-witted fellow.
As a proper noun adde is
a hypocoristic form of the male given name adolf.