Chaucer's version isn't even the only one from his time period! It's in Gower's Confessio Amantis as well, and is apparently a fairly common folk tale (not always attached to Arthur's court). It seems like the name Dame Ragnell comes from a 15th-century romance (The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell).
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